What is mocha mousse, Pantone’s colour of the year, and do I eat it or wear it?

What is mocha mousse, Pantone’s colour of the year, and do I eat it or wear it?

It might sound like a drink special at your local cafe but the trendy shade is set to be everywhere in 2025 – according to the company, that is

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Every year colour company Pantone declares one shade to rule them all. Sometimes it’s a disastrous misfire: this year they picked “peach fuzz”, then slime green – which is several steps removed on the colour wheel – dominated the discourse. Sometimes they’re right on the money, like when they picked “Big Tech blue” just before the Covid-19 pandemic forced us all to live through screens.

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