(from Pantone)
It may not come as a huge surprise, but this year’s hot new color has been released from Pantone and it is Turquoise. That yummy blue, yet green color that many of us have fallen in love with. Pantone’s official press release is online, so read all about it. Described by Pantone as:
“Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing.”
I can definitely see why it was chosen, since our economy is in the toilet, this color surge will hopefully get us out of the doldrums, at least in the sense of bringing it home to live with us.
(from York Wallcoverings via Ventura County Star)
What do you think about Turquoise? Do you love it or hate it? I’ve had a little mini-crush on aqua/turquoise all last year as far as home goes, adding some pillows and old aqua shutters to my den, but don’t think I’ll incorporate a lot more of it in my decor. It’s great as an accent color though.
I don’t put a lot of stock in color trends, since we all realize that “they” want us to change out our decor and clothing every single year. Which is totally unrealistic and not going to happen. But, adding little bits of a new color can add some freshness to a room, as long as you really like that color. 
I’ve always loved turquoise jewelry and bought this set a couple years ago.
I had to throw in a pic of the beach, since this color reminds me so much of being at one of our special places. There’s just nothing like a blue sky, sugar white sands, and that beautiful turquoise water of the Gulf Coast of Florida. Now that’s a turquoise you can love. 
There’s a blog dedicated to all things turquoise by Erin, called House of Turquoise, so she is going to be in design color heaven this year. 🙂 I may have saved the above pic from her blog. There is a lot of eye candy over there if you love the color, so check it out too.
How about you, do you like this color and do you see yourself using it at your house this year?
Inspiration Alert: Check out this post by Jenny, at Little Green Notebook. She hand silver leafed a chest from Homegoods and WOW, is it gorgeous! Talk about inspiring. I saved it to my Tumblr file too. And check out her Christmas Eve at-home birth story. Precious!
I love turquoise. It is such a beautiful color. The only turquoise thing I have is a vase from Southern Living at home. I guess I will have to add to my collection! 🙂
I like turquoise a lot. I’m especially fond of the deeper peacock shade of it.
I love the color turquoise and would love to redo my guest bedroom in black, white and turquoise this year. We shall see if I get that done!
Love the silver leafed chest from Homegoods! I wish we had one of the stores close to us than Birmingham.
I agree that it is a delightful accent…but I have too much navy blue in my home to be able to use it here.
I love it with brown. That is such an eye pleasing combination.
I like turquoise to wear. I’ve got auburn hair. Of course, I really like peacock blues (very similar), too. But the palette in my house will not be turquoise friendly. LOL. Much more primary colors, in the public areas, and pastels in the bedrooms (where I could use the turquoise the best).
I’ll probably end up wearing it (yay!) and enjoying it that way….maybe integrate some of it into my summer time decor, which usually has a sea theme…but that’ll be about it…
I love the color but have no plans on decorating a whole room in it.
That is the EXACT color I’m in search of for some curtains! Whenever I buy my new TV room’s furntiure, I will be on the look out for two curtains like that. I found a beautiful mix of it and brown at Pier 1 but it’s not exactly the style I want. It’s such a cheery color!! I also thought about using it as a paint color the room, but may stick with a tan, so as to not go overboard!
I love turquoise…. I have a gorgeous necklace and pair of earrings from Guatemala. They are the PERFECT shade….more blue than green….I am redoing my living room over the next few months. I’ve been planning on adding some turq. in SMALL doses….pillows, a few accessories….thinking about mixing it with red toile…..it’s such a fun color!
My house is decorated in fall colors; reds, orange, gold, brown, olive – but I also like turquoise! I tried to incorporate a little into one of my Christmas trees. It was a black tree in a red room. My topper was gold and brown picks with peacock feathers. Target had some great clip-on peacocks that I put throughout the tree with brown, gold, beige and turquoise balls. It worked and I loved it!
Speaking of Jenny – what about her home birth! Amazing!!
I love aqua and turquoise, but don’t see using it much in our home. We have a bit of aqua in our master bedroom and bath – gold/ivory/aqua is what we have used in there. Otherwise, I like the rooms to flow together and we have alot of reds/blues/yellow-gold colors with very neutral light walls and wood floors. I’m not one to follow trends.
But for myself (clothing, etc.) pink and turquoise have long been my favorite colors!
tina
Our playroom was accented with turquoise and lime green last year. I liked it in there because it was a fun and playful room, but I think I would get tired of it being central in a primary room in the house. . .
I read this article earlier a while ago and It kind of surprised me since this color has been used for the last 5 yrs or so especially with brown, I thought it was Out! so I was surprised to see it doted as the new In Color. I love a very light,light shade of turqouise more on the blue side, especially for bedrooms, so peaceful. Trend is the exactly what we have to watch out for because Rhoda you are so right it is in and out before we know it and it just keeps us buying. I think it is best to find what you truly love and stick with it and just change pillows and inexpensive items once in awhile. I love that you are always out there looking and keep us well informed, keep up the good work. It will be interesting to read the comments on this color. Hugs Kathysue
Mmm. Turquoise, aqua, peacock… love all those greeny blues. Just a few touches here and there in my own home but I have to say I love that last room you show (except for the little dead thing on the floor… that’s a trend I just don’t get) It will be interesting to see if our new “color of the year” takes off more than Mimosa did in 2009. I have a feeling it will.
hey. . .i feel so. . .”in style”
i have a dresser that i painted/distressed turquoise in my living room. i LOVE it. it gets so many compliments whenever i have company over!!!!
My husband let me choose this color instead of chocolate brown for an accent wall. I didn’t know I was in style. My color is Glidden’s Deepest Aqua. After he painted, he wasn’t smitten like I was….it slowly grew on him. He plans on tearing the wall out now!
oh, how happy an I to read this!!
2 years ago I made my dining room this yummy color of blue & have acented with black furniture. I love it!!!
I try very hard not to go beachy with it. I try to keep it on the hollywood regency style but yet still kid friendly – so no mirrored furniture.
Awesome – this year is looking up already ..thanks for the news rhoda!!
I have always liked blue rooms but I just don’t do blue in my house. I think I made the mistake of buying BLUE carpet for my first home 23 years ago and I have never had anything else blue again. I like to look at rooms online that are blue but I am not into this new color. It is just not for me. I love the jewelry though:)
I have never been a big fan of turquoise…but love some of the pictures you are showing in this post, so maybe it is growing on me 🙂
Turquoise is OK as an accent color (in small doses), or for jewelry. What turquoise is not OK for is carpeting, a house full. That is what my house has & I hate it!!!!
I have ALWAYS loved turquoise…especially paired with ORANGE! I once painted my refridgerator turquoise. It was lovely and SO cheerful!
rosie