That’s the message from Pantone, the color experts, which named “Serenity” – a kind of baby blue – one of its two colors of the year for 2016. The other is Rose Quartz, a dusty pink.

Danielle and Jayson Labatorio on their wedding, with guests incorporating rose quartz and serenity — the official colors of K-pop group SEVENTEEN — in their outfits.

The 2015 color of the year was Marsala, an earthy wine red. Pantone is owned by X-Rite Inc., which develops and markets color software and support systems, among other products.

Instead of a single shade, color experts Pantone blended Rose Quartz (Pantone 13-1520 TCX) and Serenity (Pantone 14-3919-TCX) together to form 2016's color of the year. Pantone explained in a ...

It’s twins! Color authority Pantone has for the first time anointed two colors of the year for 2016. Dubbed Rose Quartz and Serenity, they are shades of pale pink and baby blue.

Think pieces the internet over (ahem) would have you believe that rose gold---a.k.a. “millennial pink,” “pale dogwood,” and “rose quartz”---was the definitive color trend of 2016. This ...