2025 Pantone Color of the Year compared with C-Lon Bead Cord Colors

 

 

 

Pantone Color of the Year 2025 is Mocha Mousse - Pantone just made it public in December.  

Why is this color important? Major designers for fashion and home follow and anticipate these trends so many items in stores are already available in this color or will be soon available. 

C-Lon Colors: I matched Mocha Mousse with MB-Medium Brown. For a lighter tint, I chose BLS-Blush, and for darker tones, BR-Brown and CHO-Chocolate.

For Apparel: According to Pantone, Mocha Mousse extends our perception of brown, crossing from the humble and earthbound to the luxury and aspirational or subtle luxury. 

For Fashion Accessories: Mocha Mousse is an adaptable and neutral tone blending effortlessly with any color, enriching each ensemble with a touch of warmth and refined luxury. Soft and hard fashion accessories harmonize a sense of elegance with inviting warmth, enhancing the visual appeal of any outfit. Mocha Mousse introduces elevated sophistication. 

 

Coloro Color of the Year is Future Dusk. It was announced in May 2023 and this year unlike last year, the Coloro and Pantone colors are completely different. Future Dusk is a dark celestial tone in between blue and purple, similar in hue to Very Peri, the 2022 Pantone Color of Year. This might explain why the Pantone and Coloro colors are not aligning this year. 

Coloro says: “Future Dusk is a dependable blue, essential to reinforcing a sense of trust and stability, but as a purple it also carries an imaginative quality that will dynamically power the creation of new futures.”

C-Lon Colors: I matched Future Dusk with PI-Persan Indigo as the main color, and with HYA-Hyacinth and PKL-Periwinkle as the lighter tints. 

Coloro like Pantone forecasts industrial and fashion color trends. Pantone is an international company based in the USA, Coloro is the color trend arm of WGSN, a international company forecasting trends in design and innovation.

 

Mocha Mousse Pantone Color Palettes

We can also start looking at color palettes. It's a really fun way to bring in new color combinations into your designs. A great way to refresh for the new year.

 

The Exotic Balance Palette

For these Pantone colors I chose these C-Lon Colors....

AU-Aurum   |   PL-Pink Lemonade   |   AQ-Aqua   |   RA-Raspberry

LC-Lt Copper | LO-Lt Orchid | MB-Med Brown | BL-Blue Lagoon

 

The Deliciousness Palette

For these Pantone colors I chose these C-Lon Colors....

LTM-Lt Magenta   |   AP-Apricot   |   BG-Bubblegum   |   NT-Nutmeg

WN-Wine   |   TN-Tangerine   |   P-Pink   |   MB-Medium Brown

 

The Subtle Contrast Palette

For these Pantone colors I chose these C-Lon Colors....

BE-Beige   |   BLS-Blush   |   STL-Steel   |   CHO-Chocolate

CO-Cocoa  |  DKT-Dark Tan  |  MB-Medium Brown  |  PK-Peacock  

 

The Floral Palette

For these Pantone colors I chose these C-Lon Colors....

OY-Oyster   |   FE-Fern   |   K-Khaki   |   MB-Medium Brown

CO-Cocoa   |   RS-Rose   |   O-Orchid   |   LB-Light Blue

The Relaxed Elegance Palette

For these Pantone colors I chose these C-Lon Colors....

OY-Oyster   |   BLS-Blush   |   S-Sable   |   BR-Brown

L-Latte   |    NT-Nutmeg   |  MB-Medium Brown   |   CHO-Chocolate

 

 Not all the matches are exact, but I tried to keep the same color spirit. You will notice that Mocha Mousse-Medium Brown is in all the collections. Some colors can be found in several groups. All the color collections of 8 spools are gorgeous. 

All the photos of the C-Lon Bead Cord groups were taken in the same exact light on top of a linen bead tray liner and no photo adjustment were made in a photo editing program other than cropping the photos, adding the color codes and the Pantone color palettes above and below to give the color comparison all in one image.

All these C-Lon colors are available in the 2 main sizes:

> C-Lon Bead Cord - Tex 210 - The Standard Size ~ 0.5mm Ø

> C-Lon Tex 400 Bead Cord - The Heavy Size ~ 0.9mm Ø

Some of these colors are available in the Micro and Fine Weight Sizes:

> C-Lon Micro Bead Cord - Tex 70 -  a bit less than 0.3mm Ø

> C-Lon Fine Weight Bead Cord - Tex 135 ~ 0.4mm Ø

 

C-Lon Bead Cord Colors versus the Pantone NYFW Spring 2024 Color Trends

 

To continue on the ideas of the previous post... Pantone publishes its color trends for the general public just in time for the season. This year I have chosen one C-Lon Bead Cord color for all the 15 Pantone colors. 

 

 

I have already seen an uptick in purchases of C-Lon Bead Cord colors matching the color palettes precisely, especially the New Classics. Is it on purpose or subliminal, planned or accidental, a reflection of these color trends? Or do I simply notice the similarities more because I am aware of the colors chosen for 2024.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The way I look at this ... It's another fun way to look at colors. If one of them gets you excited, then yes, include it in your next piece; if not, then ignore it. When I was doing 32 shows a year selling lots of earrings, I saw the effect of these trends, but they were delayed, especially on the West Coast. A year after a Color of the Year and Fashion Color Trends were announced, I got customers looking for earrings to go with clothes in these hues, shades, or tints. 

 

References:

–> Post on C-Lon Colors and the 2024 Color of the Year

C-Lon Bead Cord –> In the Standard Tex 210 0.5 mm diameter

C-Lon Tex 400 Bead Cord –> In the heavier 0.9 mm diameter

Pantone Color of the Year –> Pantone Official Website

WGSN and Coloro –> WGSN+Coloro Website

Pantone 2022-23 Fall/Winter New York Fashion Color Palette compared to C-Lon Bead Cord Colors

Pantone forecasts fashion colors and let manufacturers and designers buy in advance their color palettes, and this is the reason why when you go in stores the same set of colors is dominant everywhere... 

Why does it matter for hand crafted jewelry made with C-Lon Bead Cord?

If you plan to market and sell your work as fashion accessories, these colors are important. Many of the latest fabrics and clothing will be made in these colors, so soon everyone will be looking for jewelry accessories in these colors too. If you are very close to the fashion hubs, these new colors are adopted faster, if you are further away they will trickle in over several years... And yes you can always go with the classics, these colors are chosen for their long lasting values.

"Contrasting colors that bring together our co-existing desires for rest and relaxation with exuberant expression"

 

  

 

 

Pantone 2022-23 Fall/Winter Core Classics compared C-Lon Bead Cord Colors

 
"Classic, seasonless hues whose versatility express longevity"

 

To purchase these C-Lon colors in the standard Tex 210 size, or the heavier Tex 400 size, go to the July 2022 entry on Marion Jewels in Fiber Online Store News Page.