Emerald named color of 2013 by Pantone

A model walks the runway at the Tadashi Shoji Spring 2013 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on on Sept. 6, 2012, in New York. / Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Pantone, the authority on color, announced that emerald is the official color of the New Year.

After conducting poll and research, the institute picked emerald, which it called "lively, radiant and lush green," for the color of 2013.

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Emerald named color of 2013

"Green is the most abundant hue in nature - the human eye sees more green than any other color in the spectrum," Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, said in a statement. "It's also the color of growth, renewal, and prosperity - no other color conveys regeneration more than green. For centuries, many countries have chosen green to represent healing and unity."

Several fashion designers' spring 2013 collection's featured the color including, Tracy Reese, Nanette Lepore and Tadashi Shoji.

Last year, Patone selected Tangerine Tango as the official color of 2012.

[steph_physarum]

This is on the front page? Seriously?

[maiingan]

Since I'm not rich enough to own a collection of emeralds, I just looked at a bunch of online photos of real emeralds. The color Pantone calls "emerald" is much closer to what most people call "teal green." Anyway, I don't care what any "authority on color" says, I'll use my own opinions.

[maiingan]

Since I'm not rich enough to have a collection of emeralds, I just looked at a lot of online photos of real emeralds. The color Pantone calls "Emerald" is closer to what most people call "teal green" than real emeralds. Many other people have said the same thing. Anyway, I don't care what any "authority" on color says.

[john92021]

not gem tones again, they run out of colors?