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We all need it, and trend forecasters have called it: 2021 will be the year that brings fresh positivity into our lives.
Canadian paint brand Sico is chirping about a hue called Blue Winged-Warbler (named after a North American songbird) as its colour of the year for 2021, noting that with much of the world still outside our reach, “This fresh aqua colour instils a feeling of positivity, transforming a space into a serene retreat from the world outside our doors.”
Pantone Color Institute has picked a palette of “happy” colours for the upcoming year, which executive director Leatrice Eiseman describes as sparks of energy that encourage and uplift our moods.
Trending blue hues include Cerulean, “the colour of the sky on a serene, crystal clear day”, and French Blue, evoking a vision of Paris in the springtime. Also making the cut is Beach Glass, described as “a watery aqua tumbled smooth by the waves and currents”.
And, as it happens, feng shui dictates aqua blue as one of the two lucky colours for the Year of the Ox, the other being metallic grey.
