The Pantone color of the year is chosen to represent the “vibe” of the current global culture. It could represent a year’s worth of mood or attitude representing many cultures all over the world. These colors are used not only because they are trendy but because the swatches look fantastic.
Pantone colors are easy to follow because it is a standardized color system that is used in a variety of industries all over the world. Not only is it used in web design, but it could also be used in manufacturing and even retail. Basically, the concept of the Pantone system is to distinguish color-specified matching. This is what makes it so important to designers in so many industries.
The two Pantone colors of the year are yellow and grey. Specifically, it’s Pantone 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and Pantone 13-0647 Illuminating. Its contrast is excellent when put together. Pantone has a platform that provides designers access to digital Pantone colors. The Pantone Connect system features could even help designers select color schemes that could fit best for mobile and web design. It could even be used in Adobe Creative Cloud.
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Here are some ways you could incorporate it into your web design:
Font Color
Web designers can use the Pantone color of the year 2021 as subtle as possible. This is to ensure that the website does not lose its original character. Font color is one way to do this subtle change in design. What is important is that it matches well with your current background. If not, the background could also be changed so it could match well with the current Pantone color of the year.
Use it in a decal
This is also another subtle way to include the Pantone color of the year in your web design. Maybe use it as a landing page decal. Perhaps, you could also use it in banner designs. The website itself does not have to be an all-out Pantone colored masterpiece. Incorporating it somewhere on your webpage is trendy enough. Just make sure that all other elements of the website match well with yellow and grey. Web designers could look for artwork and decals online. Or they could create their own.
Pantone Colored background
The simplest way to incorporate the Pantone color of the year on your website is through the background. There are many free Pantone colored backgrounds available on the internet that could be used on any designer’s website.
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