The annual tradition continues… the forecasted trend of color of the year from Pantone has been announced. Wow that was a lot of words. Let’s break down what it is and why it is important.
What exactly does the color of the year mean?
Pantone started announcing a color of the year in 2000. This is when the color team started predicting what consumers would lean towards by diving into the culture, politics, trends, marketing, fashion, etc. of the world. In 2007, it started to become move pivotal in it’s influence. You can hear from Pantone themselves on how they decide the Pantone color of the year.
It has become a ‘forecasted’ trend, meaning that it is a prediction of the consumer trends. However, it has morphed into more than a forecast.
Why is the color of the year important?
The Pantone’s color of the year has become important for marketers, businesses, consumers, and even brides to being “ahead” of the trend and staying within trend.
As well, because the color of the year has become somewhat commercialized and incorporated in businesses and their marketing, it can even shape the mood and outlook for the community for the year. The 2021 post-COVID was a perfect examples of this, with a hopeful bright yellow and grounding gray blending two shades to foster hope, solemn regard, and grounding.
What is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024?
As Browser said “Peaches, peaches, peaches–peaches–peaches…” Pantone’s color of the year for 2024 is called “Peach Fuzz.”
To be precise, it is Pantone 13-1023. Directly from Pantone’s website:
“PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It’s a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul.”
Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director at the Pantone Color Institute™, explained,
“In seeking a hue that echoes our innate yearning for closeness and connection, we chose a color radiant with warmth and modern elegance. A shade that resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and effortlessly bridges the youthful with the timeless.”
So Do I NEED To Use Peach Fuzz in My Wedding or Else Will I Be Off Trend?
So that’s great and all, but this is a wedding resource. So, should we care about a color that will impact the year and commercialized world? Well yes, because where you buy your products (florals, dresses, etc.) are going to be complimenting or utilizing peach fuzz.
But more importantly, because your wedding is about you, it is an opportunity for you to connect with a color you may not have thought about it. If you connect with the color and its intentions, use it! Use the colors that speak to you (not just because they are on trend).
Peach fuzz can give an ethereal, warm and lively vitality to your weddings color scheme. Peach fuzz is intended to be velvety and invite you to touch and interact with it—to connect. The smooth, luxurious color is meant to invoke empathy, peace, and your inner self development.
How Can You Use This Color in Your Wedding
If Peach Fuzz speaks to you and the energy you want at your wedding, there are several ways you can incorporate it. Some are more obvious than others, but I wanted to dive in and provide you options that were also out of the box. Let’s take a look.
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Peach Colored Veil
You may know that I am an advocate of colored veils—well peach fuzz is the PERFECT color for a veil. It is soft, warm, and complements shades of white and ivory very nicely. It also goes with a variety of skin tones, so makes it easy to coordinate make-up with it for a neutral, yet colorful look (is that even possible?)!
I could even see with the embroidered veil trend, taking it as far as embroidering onto the veil peach-colored five point stars, art deco style shapes, and more. It would be just the extra, warm embellishment to ode to the luxury that is peach fuzz.
Peach Colored Wedding Dress
Call me untraditional, but I am all for a colored wedding dress. The way I have seen it successful: either you go with the pastel, almost white version of the color or you punch it in with a deeper version of the color. I think it is easy to see which way the Peach Fuzz color leans…pastel and dreamy.
When using peach fuzz for your wedding dress, you are able to be versatile because of the softness of the color. You can keep it simple with a sweetheart, satin mermaid style dress or add the fluff and romance we saw in 2023 with ruffles and layers and dramatic sleeves. You can see an example of that ruffle, romantic style of peach dress here on Green Wedding Shoes. Just remember, everything is about balance to achieve that elevated feeling of a wedding.
Peach Colored Groom’s Suit
Now, you thought I was untraditional with a peach dress? Let’s take it over to the groom or suit-wearer’s side (because yes, women can wear suits too). A peach colored suit would be a unique but soft choice to complement a range of other soft colors in your wedding. It would have the impact of non-traditional color, luxury, but also subtleness (maybe that is what makes it luxurious). Peach also pairs well with greenery and spring/summer colors so can add that fresh pop to a spring/summer wedding.
If you do want to use peach in the winter with a suit, pairing with a cooler dress (maybe a subtle blue or traditional white) can still tie into a winter wedding with more striking accent colors.
Peach Colors for the Bridesmaids
We’ve actually seen peach used a lot for bridesmaids’ dresses, and now is the perfect opportunity to utilize it. Whether it is an accent of a velvety, peach bow for their hair, or a satin, slip dress in pastel peach—it’s a flattering color that (again) goes with a variety of skin tones.
Peach Incorporated into your Florals
I’m excited to see peach colored florals come more into play in installations and bouquets. Peach florals can pair well with greenery, white, yellow, and blue if you want to keep things soft and springy.
But if you are looking to get more vibrant, peach can also pair well with colors on the same side of the wheel (i.e. magenta, pinks, oranges).
Peach Colored Ribbons & Candles
2023 we observed the resurgence of an old-world luxury décor style: ribbons and candles—but LOTS of them. Peach fuzz would be PERFECT for this style, because you can go overboard without it feeling overboard due to the soft color.
As well, I would extend this to fabric draping, which I noticed as a trend for 2024. This includes hanging large, quality fabric panels in artistic ways from the ceiling to the floor. Peach would add a warmth to the room that would just help create that nurturing, positive energy. The only thing to keep in mind is if you block out too much natural light, it will turn a lot of the shadows and midtones in your images peach too!
Wedding Invites that Can Pop of Subdue with Gentle, Softness
Thanks to Peach Fuzz for being so flattering with many skin types, because that can make wedding invites and cards more accessible to more diverse brides and grooms and couples. Brides.com suggests pairing peach fuzz with purples and magentas for an almost retro pop of color in your invites. I’d love to see that!
You can also pair with pastel blue ribbons and greenery for that soft fresh feeling when guests open your invite. Here we show the opposite (blue cards with a peach ribbon) because AI can’t comprehend a peach colored wedding invite apparently.
Why Not?! Incorporate Peaches as a Wedding Fruit
This is the obvious but not obvious one to me—why not incorporate peaches! Honestly, I haven’t seen it done! But can you imagine: big round vases of peaches surrounded by beautiful florals? Or peaches hanging among your florals for a sweet, velvety texture in your décor?
And we know the inside of a peach is iconic (yes, fruits can be iconic) and I can imagine if you can work that in among florals like dried oranges just UHMMM yummy texture and colors that would complement so well.
I would challenge a florist to see if they can incorporate peaches into a bride’s bouquet too! Bring on the fruit (I am NOT biased because my last name is a fruit—just saying).
Remember, You Don’t NEED to Use Peach Just Because It Is the Pantone Color of the Year for 2024
With all those ideas and inspiration, I just want to reiterate—just because Peach Fuzz is the Pantone color of the year for 2024. What’s more important is taking inspiration and incorporating the aspects that show you and your personality into your wedding. This sometimes means stepping away from the current trends, or sometimes embracing current trends that are bold and unexpected. What that means for you, can only be determine by you and your fiancée.