After a tough couple of years, we all could use a hug. Feeling the need for connection, PANTONE has chosen 13-1023 Peach Fuzz as their Color of the Year. According to Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute™, Peach Fuzz is “a shade that resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and effortlessly bridges the youthful with the timeless.”

We found locally sold home goods, a peachy keen custom flower arrangement, and asked a bartender to make us a drink, to help celebrate this softly social shade.

BOUQUET BY BROADWAY GARDENS

Roses and carnations of various shades and hues make up the Peach Parfait Classic Bouquet.
$49 at Broadway Gardens, 1640 Broadway, South Portland

MARGARITA AT FORE STREET

Muddled nectarine and mint make the Peach Perfect Margarita worth picking. Bartender David Lacy refrains from salt or garnish.

$13 at Fore Street Restaurant, 288 Fore Street, Portland

POCKET KNIVES AT
CASCO BAY CUTLERY
AND KITCHENWARE

In a sharp move by Victorinox, makers of the original Swiss Army knife, Fresh Peach has been added to the classic color line up.

$34 at Casco Bay Cutlery and Kitchenware, 5 Depot Street, Freeport

CANDLES AND MORE AT SIMPLY HOME

Versatile flat weaved rugs, hand blocked pillows and the LAFCO Paloma Melon candle can be found at Simply Home Interior Design and Home Furnishings.

Candles start at $50. 172 Route One, Falmouth

TOWEL SET BY L.L. BEAN

Made from certified organic cotton, L.L. Bean sells this six-piece textured towel set in tawny peach.

$79, online only at llbean.com

Colorful History: A timeline Circa 350 BCE Aristotle develops a color theory based on the four elements of nature that held until Sir Isaac Newton got in the mix. 1660 Sir Newton discovers the real source of color, using prisms to refract sunlight. 1850 Physician and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz described how we perceive light through cone shaped structures in our retinas. 1903 Crayola debuts its iconic crayon with eight colors in a box sold for a nickel. 1981 O.P.I. rolls out nail polish color collections that wowed us with fun and punny names. 1999 PANTONE debuts its Pantone Color Matching System, a universal standard for digital design and printing. 2014 Surrey NanoSystems unveils “Vantablack,” a surface treatment developed with the National Physical Laboratory of the United Kingdom. It absorbs 99.965% of visible light.

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