PANTONE® COTTON SWATCH CARD 16-6116 TCX Shale Green

PANTONE® 16-6116 TCX Shale Green

PANTONE® 16-6116 TCX Shale Green is a distinctive shade from the PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors (FHI) color system. It belongs to the Cotton TCX library and serves as a premium cotton color standard for designers, product developers, manufacturers and retailers throughout the international textile and lifestyle industry.

With its medium, soft appearance, Shale Green is a relevant shade for contemporary fashion, home-textile and interior collections. The color reads as natural, fresh, balanced and lively. Its balanced combination of color effect, material reference and clear TCX system logic makes it particularly suitable for high-quality textile applications.

• Color Family: Green
• Color System: PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors
• Material Standard: Cotton TCX
• Color Effect: natural, fresh, balanced, lively

The color number 16-6116 TCX uniquely identifies the shade within the PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors system. Its individual components also describe the position of the color within the PANTONE® color space:

• 16 – Lightness: a medium color value
• 61 – Hue: a fresh turquoise to blue-green hue area
• 16 – Chroma: a soft to medium saturation

Color family

Within the PANTONE® system, Shale Green is classified as part of the Green color family. Green shades are strongly associated with nature, balance, growth and modern sustainability. The shade can be used in a fresh and lively way as well as in a calm and premium context.

In combination with

Combined with the following shades, Shale Green produces a natural, harmonious and modern color palette:

• natural white
• beige
• sand
• brown
• warm greys
• light wood tones
• muted blues