Since Pantone Color Institute crowned Radiant Orchid color of the year, this purpley violet has done more than make a splash on the runways. It’s become the springboard for re-invigorating the home.

Aloha orchid! Hawaiian leis and specialty flower shops will not be the only places people can spot this exotic flower's vibrant purple hue this year. Pantone, a global color authority and provider of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Orchid is growing on us: A version of the purple hue is Pantone Inc.’s color of the year for 2014. It follows this year’s pick of emerald green. Officially ...

Pantone, “the world renowned authority on color,” recently released its choice for Color Of The Year 2014: Radiant Orchid. This year’s winner, which was decided upon only after Pantone literally ...

NEW YORK — Orchid is growing on us: A version of the purple hue is Pantone Inc.’s color of the year for 2014. It follows this year’s pick of emerald green. Officially known as Radiant Orchid, the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2013 file photo, a model walks the runway during the Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall 2013 fashion show during ...

The Pantone people have prognosticated that a particular purple will be popular in the upcoming year, picking a shade called Radiant Orchid as its 2014 color of the year. In the announcement, which ...

If you’re a dedicated follower of fashion, you’re going to be all about Radiant Orchid this season. And it’s not that you have a choice. When a trend-setters such as Pantone Color Institute in New ...

The color: “ Radiant Orchid.” To the unrefined eye, the color is a lavender for women and just purple for guys. But to Pantone, Radiant Orchid has fuschia, pink, and purple undertones that “draws you ...

Winter may be quickly approaching, but consumers should take heart in a spring-like hue that will likely saturate everything from clothing lines to industrial items across the nation. Radiant Orchid, ...