A gallery of all PANTONE Color of the Year reveals that blue has never strayed far from the collective consciousness — the inaugural Color of the Year, in 2000, was Cerulean (Pantone 15-4020 ...

Color has three main properties – hue, value and intensity. Hue refers to the relative purity of the color, and is described by the colors of red through yellow, green and blue.

Pantone’s selection of Classic Blue for 2020 is richer when you consider the history of the Color of the Year franchise, which began 20 years ago in 1999.