speaking of blue

Monaco blue

I'm not sure how much weight to give this, but Pantone released its color trend report for 2013. (It's the color institute's best guess for the season's most popular, influential colors—expect them to appear on clothing, walls, and other new products.) Pantone's top two? Monaco blue (sort of a not-bright cobalt) and dusk blue (a medium water shade). As far as I'm concerned, there's never too much blue around. PS: I also like Pantone's third and fourth colors: Emerald and something called "Grayed Jade." (The capitalization is definitely not mine. Pantone takes this all *very* seriously.)

Dusk blue

Grayed jade