What’s luxurious, sensory and exudes comforting warmth? Pantone’s 2025 color of the year: Mocha Mousse.

What You Need To Know

  • Mocha Mousse is Pantone's 2025 color of the year

  • The color-system company said the shade is "sophisticated and lush, yet at the same time an unpretentious classic"

  • Pantone has been picking a color of the year since 2000, when Cerulean Blue was its favorite shade

  • The color is picked by a committee of experts from the Pantone Color Institute who analyze entertainment, fashion, travel, technology and social media trends

“Underpinned by our desire for everyday pleasures, Pantone 17-1230 Mocha Mousse expresses a level of thoughtful indulgence,” Pantone Color Institute Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman said in a statement. 

She described the color as “sophisticated and lush, yet at the same time an unpretentious classic.” 

The color-system company has been picking a color of the year since 2000, when Cerulean Blue was its favorite shade. The annual color is selected by a committee of experts from the Pantone Color Institute who analyze entertainment, fashion, travel, technology and social media trends.

Mocha Mousse is “characterized by its organic nature” and “finds harmony and balance between the demands of modernity and the timeless beauty of artful creation,” Pantone said. 

For the first time ever, Pantone will take its color of the year on tour at various events and experiences, starting with the London Eye, which lit up in Mocha Mousse this week.