The 2021 Pantone Colour of the Year has recently been announced as - Illuminating Yellow and Ultimate Grey.
So how does this influence the Personal Care and Cosmetics industry?
Pantone Colour of the Year
For over 20 years, Pantone’s Colour of the Year has influenced product development and consumer behaviour across a range of industries, such as Fashion, Travel, Hospitality, Home Interiors, and Personal Care and Cosmetics.
Each year's colour is selected based upon marco-trends and can be inspired by anything from art and media to socioeconomic and political conditions.
Grey and Yellow
From the Classic Blue of 2020… to the contrasting grey and yellow of 2021, this year features the marriage of two colours conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting.
Practical but at the same time warming and optimistic, the union of grey and yellow is one of strength and positivity. It is a story of colour that encapsulates deeper feelings of thoughtfulness with the promise of something sunny and friendly.
Colour Blocking - Pantone Colour in Practice
Colour-blocked eyeshadow involves creating rectangular "blocks" of bright eyeshadow, as opposed to blending colour on the eye lid. The blocked look creates independent shapes to add an entirely new dimension to the eye and is a major Instagram trend, with over 106,000 hits for the hashtag #colourblocking. Here’s how colour blocking, and colour of the year can be incorporated!
Have You Tried?
In partnership with Sandream Specialties, Surfachem distributes a range of cosmetic ingredients to fit with 2021’s Colour of the Year theme.
From Fiesta Sunny Yellow to Alchemique Silver, see below for a range of Yellow and Grey pigments that we supply, for all your speciality chemical ingredient needs.
| Colour | Product Description |
|---|---|
| Fiesta Lemon Yellow | A smooth and silky light yellow synthetic fluorphlogopite pearlescent pigment (20-80µm) coated with triethoxycaprylylsilane for enhanced wear and coverage. It delivers a gorgeous shimmery sheen and may be used in eye, lip, face and nail applications |
| Fiesta Sunny Yellow | A bright synthetic mica (fluorphlogopite) based pigment that provides high chroma and purity. With an illuminating and youthful patina, it is perfect for today’s high definition makeup. |
| Glamour Rainbow Saffron | A sparkling yellow, borosilicate based pearl pigment that gives an eye catching look with excellent skin feel. This pigment has a small to medium particle size and can be used in nail polish, eye shadow, lip gloss and other areas where a sparkling effect is desired. |
| Glamour Neon Yellow | A borosilicate based pearl pigment that gives an eye catching look with excellent skin feel. It has a medium to large particle size and can be used in nail polish, eye shadow, lip gloss and other areas where a sparkling effect is desired. |
| Glamour Flashy Yellow | Part of the Glamour Flashy Line, brilliant glass based pigments that provide dramatic optical effects. These bright coloured pearls are 50 -200 µm and are perfect for many unique makeup applications. |
| Illumina Yellow-II | A free flowing fluorescent yellow colour. The Illumina pigments are vivid pearlescent pigments created exclusively for lips. Easily incorporated into a variety of lip formulations, these pigments produce cheerful shades with intense coverage. |
| Majestic Mango | A free flowing powder based on mica and FD&C Yellow 5 Aluminum Lake. The small particle size and saturated pigmentation enables the formulator to achieve rich tones with ease. |
| Sachet TC Swift Yellow | Composed of synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Titanium Dioxide, Yellow 5 Lake, and Tin Oxide. With an illuminating and youthful patina, these pearls are perfect for today’s high definition makeup and personal care formulations. |
| Colour | Product Description |
|---|---|
| Alchemique Silver | A free-flowing pigment composed of aluminum and silica. It delivers a brilliant chromatic and metallic effect while providing luster, brightness, color intensity, and coverage in nail polish and eye shadow applications. |
| Alchemique Shimmer Silver | A free-flowing pigment that is made of aluminum and silica. It delivers a brilliant chromatic and metallic effect while providing luster, brightness, color intensity, and coverage in nail polish and eye shadow applications. |
| Alchemique Flash Silver | A free-flowing pigment composed of aluminum and silica. It delivers a brilliant chromatic and metallic effect while providing luster, brightness, color intensity, and coverage in nail polish and eye shadow applications. |
| Chromatique Silver Grey | A lustrous powder that is composed of Mica, Titanium Dioxide, and Iron Oxides. It provides intense colour in a variety of cosmetics products. Chromatique Pigments contain an absorption colorant posited on either a mica substrate or an interference pearl base, providing a very intense and rich color effect. |
| Confetti Silver | A shimmering silver colour and has a particle size of 50-200µm. The Confetti Line creates heightened dimension and sparkle to typical glass pearls by incorporating a rainbow glitter effect component. The series is very versatile in that each of the seven colors may be applied anywhere on the face or body. |
| Fantasy Halo | A multicolour, free-flowing pigment. The Fantasy series creates a saturated colour background with reflective holographic pearls that produce a rainbow spectra effect. |
| Glamour Classic Sky Grey | A borosilicate based pearl pigment that gives off a glistening and eye catching look with excellent skin feel. This pigment has a medium to large particle size and can be used in nail polish, eye shadow, lip gloss and other areas where a sparkling effect is desired. |
| Sachet Dazzling Silver | A shimmering synthetic fluorphlogpite pearlescent pigment with larger particle size (40-200µm) delivering brilliant reflectivity and silver colour. This pearl will add great shine and dimension to many formulations as it is universally acceptable across all areas of the face and body and all mediums. |
| Sachet Silver Grey | A metallic grey synthetic fluorphlogopite pearl with wonderful sheen. The 10-60 µm particle size contributes to intense coverage and smooth laydown for a multitude of cosmetic applications. |
| Spectra Galaxy Silver | Suitable for nail, face and eye applications worldwide. Composition: PET, Aluminum Powder |
| SynMira Silver Gold | A unique, colour traveling, synthetic mica (fluorphlogopite) based pearl pigment with a bright and clean Silver-Gold colour flop effect. With an illuminating and youthful patina, it is perfect for today’s high definition makeup. |
