Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year Is All About Pleasure and Deliciousness See the Shade! [Video]

Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2025 is a big win for quiet luxury lovers!

The global color authority officially named Mocha Mousse (PANTONE 17-1230) as the color that will dominate the year to come thanks to its ability to evoke comforts like “cacao, chocolate and coffee” as well as the “natural world,” according to a press release shared on Thursday, Dec. 5.

Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director Pantone Color Institute, says the color of the year “expresses a level of thoughtful indulgence” while being “sophisticated and lush, yet at the same time an unpretentious classic.”

A “warming rich brown hue,” the Color of the Year is described by the Pantone as an “evocative soft brown that transports our senses into the pleasure and deliciousness it inspires,” while also “appealing to our desire for comfort.”

The description continues, “Imbued with authenticity, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse finds harmony and balance between the …