The Pantone Color Institute announced its 2015 Color of the Year, and the winner is marsala. The reddish brown hue is named for a wine from the West Coast of Sicily, which in turn may go back to an Arabic term meaning “harbor of god.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Pantone Color of 2015”
All right grant do you know what the color of the year is for 2015 for 2015 yes i don’t know.
It’s marsala why well have you heard of the pantone color institute yeah sure i used to have some certain pantone colors memorized because i needed them for my job yeah because logos will.
It’d be like this particular Pantone color.
Okay.
Very good.
Well, they chose Marsala this year.
And what they did was they pulled designers and creative types.
And what they’re trying to do is figure out what color represents the global zeitgeist.
Okay.
What does it look like?
I was going to say, do you even know what Marsala is?
It’s an Indian thing, right?
It’s an Indian type of spice, I think.
So is it reddish brown?
Yes, it is.
And it’s actually named for a wine that comes from the west coast of Sicily.
And it comes from Marsala, which is a harbor town.
And that term comes from the Arabic, which probably means harbor of God.
There are other possible etymologies for it.
Marsala is the color of the year.
Yeah.
So it’s sort of this robust, earthy wine red.
Actually, it’s like the shirt you’re wearing.
You’re very…
Yeah, my guaribra is working for you, right?
Perfect.
All right.
You’re Marsala Guayabera.
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