Color giant Pantone has once again selected a color of the year. For 2012, that is “Tangerine Tango”, or Pantone 17-1463:
You can download Tangerine Tango as an ASE file that you can import into Adobe applications. Pantone has also supplied the CMYK and RGB color numbers for Tangerine Tango:
C – 0
M – 82
Y – 80
K – 0
R – 225
G – 82
B – 61
Note that the CMYK numbers aren’t an exact match for the Pantone color.
Curious about past colors of the year? Here they are:
* Pantone 18-2120 Honeysuckle (2011)
* Pantone 15-5519 Turquoise (2010)
* Pantone 14-0848 Mimosa (2009)
* Pantone 18-3943 Blue Iris (2008)
* Pantone 19-1557 Chili Pepper (2007)
* Pantone 13-1106 Sand Dollar (2006)
* Pantone 15-5217 Blue Turquoise (2005)
* Pantone 17-1456 Tigerlily (2004)
* Pantone 14-4811 Aqua Sky (2003)
* Pantone 19-1664 True Red (2002)
* Pantone 17-2031 Fuchsia Rose (2001)
* Pantone 15-4020 Cerulean (2000)
This article was last modified on January 8, 2023
This article was first published on December 9, 2011
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