Pantone, an X-Rite company and the recognized global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, has announced its color of the year for 2016. For the first time, two colors have been paired: Pantone 15-3919 Serenity and Pantone 13-1520 Rose Quartz. The two are described as “shades that embody a mindset of tranquility and inner peace.”

“With the whole greater than its individual parts, joined together, Serenity and Rose Quartz demonstrate an inherent balance between a warmer embracing rose tone and the cooler tranquil blue, reflecting connection and wellness as well as a soothing sense of order and peace,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.

In Beauty, the pairing offers a variety of lip, cheek and eye palette options, as well as hues for nail color, as the shades are flattering against many skin tones.

See slideshow on these colors here