I don’t know if I’ve ever heard so many people writing so poetically about a color, but all of the articles about the release of the minion-inspired yellow have been very excited and approving. Note: Peeking at some of the background page codes from one of Pantone’s announcement pages, #f5e050 our third sample, appears to be a yellow that they are using in connection with Minion Yellow, which could be a good guestimate for now. Sampled Minion Yellow Background color: #f9e260 With a bit of sleuthing, using Colorzilla we did a sampling of the Minion Yellow Color and came up with the following HTML codes. We have to wait until the newest minion hue is added in Summer 2015 to the next addition of the PANTONE Fashion, Home + Interiors color palette to officially look up the new Minion Yellow on the Pantone Color Finder and get the actual color code for Minion Yellow. Minion Yellow is the color of Hope, Joy & Optimism. Image: Pantone® Minion Yellow from Pantone® I wonder if the official Pantone Color for 2016 will be the year of Minion Yellow. They measured the wavelength of Minion Yellow to make sure it was different from the other yellows in the Pantone catalog of colors. The Minion yellow was created by scientifically determining the actual average yellow of the various minions from the movies using spectroscopy and analyzing the various components in the yellow color. To ensure the colors were different they worked with the Illumination (Entertainment) animation team behind the Despicable Me and Minion Movie to create the “bello yellow” shade. Pantone® color developers wanted to be sure that the color didn’t replicate one of the existing yellows already part of the Pantone® palette. The vibrant Minion Yellow custom hue was created specifically by the Pantone Color Institute® to capture the spirit of the fun-loving minions. Minion Yellow Color Pantone® Minion Yellow I know I’ll be adding some yellow to my wardrobe, like maybe a bright pair of yellow happy-colored sneakers in honor of the minions. What colors come next? Perhaps Sexy Scarlet Overkill Red or Evil Minion Violent Violet? With the creation of Minion Yellow, this is the first time in Pantone’s history that a custom color or hue has been specifically created and then named after a character.Īlso of note, this hue of yellow named after the minions is the the first new Pantone® color to be released by the color specialists in three years. On this clothes, the word “happy” was highlighted in an illuminating shade of yellow, perhaps even inspired by the happy minions. Pharrell first associated the color yellow with “happy” when he developed his Happiness line of clothes developed with Peace, Love World Clothing. ![]() Ked’s Women Yellow Happy-Colored Sneakers ![]() ![]() ![]() They made the observation that people wanted to be adding more energizing, uplifting colors into their lives. Pharrell Williams, who created the music for Despicable Me, including the viral hit “Happy” came up with the idea of a specific Minion yellow, when working with the Pantone Color Institute®. In the meantime, this video from Newsy Entertainments gives you a look at the Minion Yellow as well as peeks at the upcoming Minon-inspired fashions. The amusing video went viral on Facebook April 21 with over a million views last I saw.īe forewarned about there are some shots of unclothed gender-less minions. Posted by Minions on Friday, April 24, 2015 New favorite color! #Pantone #MinionYellow
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