Pantone, the leading authority on color, has announced that the Color of the Year for 2024 is Peach Fuzz. This soft yet vibrant shade is said to “capture our desire to nurture ourselves and others.

What, Pantone owns colours now? Are we expected to pay a royalty every time we take a picture of a blue sky ... The bit they own is the name and index number for a colour in their library ...

Pantone’s Colour of the Year has been running since 1999, and over the years we’ve seen a vast array of shades – including Living Coral, Rose Quartz and Serenity, Radiant Orchid and, for some reason, ...