It’s twins! For the first year ever Pantone named not one, but TWO colors of the year for 2016. The shades were chosen to convey a rosy warmth and tranquility for the new year, also playing a nod to societal movements toward gender equality and fluidity,” as the company said in a statement. The “baby” blue and pink colors may remind you of the walls of a nursery but Pantone says that the open exchange of information online “has opened our eyes to different approaches to color usage.” And that “Rose quartz is not baby pink,” says Leatrice Eiseman who, as executive director of Pantone’s Color Institute, oversees the company’s annual choice of Color of the Year, agrees that “It doesn’t have that wimpy feel.”

Or use Serenity and paint your ceiling to give your room a more elegant and framed look.

 Play with gender roles  Explore the balance between the masculine and feminine sides of both the colors. Using the furniture and design of your room to counter balance out the color. Also play with the idea of adding a complementary color that gives more of a balance to the room.

Use pops of the color 

Use the colors of the year sporadically throughout your home if you already have a fairly neutral color palate.

Use objects like lamps, frames, throw pillows, and other small various objects to create a sense of flow throughout your space that doesn’t over whelm your house with color.

Sources:

http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/decorating/pantone-color-of-the-year-2016

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/pantone-color-of-the-year-2016-decorating-ideas

http://www.wsj.com/articles/its-a-pink-and-a-blue-1449083326

http://www.coastalliving.com/how-decorate-pantone-colors-year-2016-rose-quartz-serenity-pink-blue/view-all