This just in!! Pantone, the global authority on color, announced today the 2009 color of the year ~ Mimosa.  Get ready for some happiness!!! This fabulous color was chosen for calculated reasons.  It seems the good people at Pantone are hoping to inject some positivity into the world during times that are not so great for many people. “In a time of economic uncertainty and political change, optimism is paramount and no other color expresses hope and reassurance more than yellow.”

“The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “Mimosa also speaks to enlightenment, as it is a hue that sparks imagination and innovation.”