Pantone's 2019 Colour of the Year... Living Coral

After Pantone's 2018 Colour of the Year Ultra Violet, comes Pantone's 2019 Colour of the Year... Living Coral. Pantone tells us that 'Living Coral embraces us with warmth and nourishment to provide comfort and buoyancy in our continually shifting environment... sociable and spirited, the engaging nature of Living Coral welcomes and encourages light-hearted activity'. Back in December, when Pantone's choice was announced, Vogue told us that Coral was a 'cool-girl lipstick colour... the ideal pop against light blue or teal... jiving well with gold jewellery and a big straw bag'. What do you think? Do you like the colour Coral? What does it remind you of? And perhaps more importantly... can you wear it or not?!

Coral is undoubtedly a warm shade, so for those of you with a warm skin tone it will look fab. Fear not if you have a cool skin tone though because there are many Living Coral equivalents that you'll look just as fantastic in - shades like Rose, Fuchsia or Shocking Pink. You might choose to take style notes from some of the stars who have already chosen to dress head-to-toe in Coral (Gigi Hadid and Jennifer Lopez spring to mind), but if you want to stick to a pop of this year's colour instead, why not choose a statement accessory like a bold piece of jewellery, a pair of sunglasses or even a Coral bag to bring your outfit together? Either way, prepare to see lots of Living Coral this Spring and beyond.

And just to get you started, here's a photo of one of the windows of Copenhagen's Illum department store just before Christmas 2018... plenty of shades of Living Coral there!