Pantone's 2017 Color of the Year is a 'bright and powerful' green

Washington

FOR a world weary of so much red and blue, green may be just the right tone for the 2017 Pantone Color of the Year.

The 2017 anointed colour, Greenery, a "zesty yellow-green shade that evokes the first days of spring", was announced Thursday. "Greenery bursts forth in 2017 to provide us with the hope we collectively yearn for amid a complex social and political landscape," said the release from Pantone, which provides professional colour standards for many industries.