January 6, 1998

from Pantone, Inc.

January's Color Combination: PANTONE® 1998-39 C and PANTONE 1998-55 C from PANTONE ColorTrends™ 1998.

This combination of Oil Blue and Silver typifies January, winter's coldest month. Picture the beauty of glistening icicles descending from tree branches against a tranquil gray-blue sky, overcast with the promise of snowfall.

Note: RGB values are given here as percentages based on a scale of 100. PC users will want to convert those values to percentages of a scale of 255.

Oil Blue

Color

PANTONE 1998-39 C

Ink Formula:

PANTONE Yellow	1.0
PANTONE Process Blue	17.0
PANTONE Black	8.0
PANTONE Trans. Wt.	74.0

CMYK equivalents: Cyan: 60, Magenta: 0, Yellow: 30, Black: 30
RGB percentages (based on a scale of 100): R:38, G:56, B:56
RGB conversion values for the PC: R:98, G:145, B:145
HTML: 629191

Silver

Color:

PANTONE 1998-55 C

Ink Formula:

PANTONE 874	25.0
PANTONE 877	75

CMYK equivalents: Cyan: 0, Magenta: 0, Yellow: 0, Black: 50
RGB (percentages based on a scale of 100): R:57, G:57, B:56
RGB conversion values for the PC: R:147, G:146, B:143
HTML: 93928F

Facts Relating to Blue and Silver

In mythology, goddesses are often symbolically cloaked in blue. The veil of Juno, goddess of air, is blue. Diana, goddess of the moon, is clothed in blue and white or blue and silver. Minerva, goddess of wisdom and thought, is described as azure-eyed and draped in a diaphanous blue gown.

The sky truly embodies the essence of the color blue: a constant reassurance that all is well with the world, and that blue endures.

Although blue is generally perceived as cool, many adults over the age of 60 describe it as warm. Their perception may be altered because the lens of the eye yellows with aging.

In the '30s, when Mercedes Benz was developing lighter, speedy racing cars, an engineer determined that paint added too much weight to the car, so the cars were stripped down to their basic aluminum skins. Because they looked so handsome and won many trophies, Mercedes decided to add more sheen to their coats, and the metallic silver car was born.

Silver is the gregarious alter ego of gray -- what gray could be if it would only have a little fun.

 

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Photo Credit: Alan Pappé/PHOTODISC; Steve Cole/PHOTODISC