Yellow and Grey: Pantone's colours of the year

Ponte Giulio has two very similar colours for its aids and seats, demonstrating the company’s mission to combine safety and style

“Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.”

Khalil Gibran

In this 2021 Pantone’s Colours of the Year, are PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, a combination of two independent colours, designed to demonstrate that "different elements can come together and support each other, managing to best express the spirit of the Pantone Colour of the Year".

"A colour story," explains Pantone, "that enclose a deeper sense of caring with the promise of something sunny and lovely. An ambitious combination – says Pantone - that ignites hope. We need to think that things will shine again; it's essential to the human mind”.

PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating is a bright, cheerful yellow that glows with vibrancy, a warm shade imbued with the power of the sun. PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray is a reminder of solid, reliable elements that last and provide a solid foundation.

"At a time in history - Pantone stresses - when people are trying, in every possible way, to find energy, clarity and hope to reinvigorate themselves and overcome this continuous phase of uncertainty, shades that instill grit and courage respond to the need for vitality".

Ponte Giulio has long believed in these two colours, so much so that its products, aids, seatings, acrylic stone washbasins, accessories have no fewer than six colour variants for yellow (light, banana, green, orange, gold and limoncello) and four for grey (stone, dark, silk and graphite). Two of them are very similar to the Pantone colours of the year: light yellow and stone grey.
The Italian company has concentrated its production guidelines on the belief that safe environments can be beautiful, fashionable and designer at the same time.

ABOUT PANTONE COLOUR OF THE YEAR

For more than 20 years, the Pantone Color of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions in a variety of industries, including fashion, interior design, industrial design, product packaging and graphic design. The selection of the Pantone Colour of the Year is the result of careful evaluation and trend analysis. Every year the experts of the Pantone Color Institute scour every corner of the globe for new colour influences. These influences can come from a wide variety of fields, such as the world of entertainment and film production, touring art collections and new artists, fashion, all spheres of design, popular tourist destinations, as well as new lifestyles, gaming and socio-economic conditions. Influences can also come from new technologies, materials, textures and effects that have an impact on colour, major social media platforms and even sporting events that capture international attention.