Prince Gets an Official Purple Pantone Color

Image by Ann Alt­house, via Flickr Com­mons

It was bound to hap­pen…

The Pan­tone Col­or Insti­tute has announced that they’ve cre­at­ed “a stan­dard­ized cus­tom col­or to rep­re­sent and hon­or inter­na­tion­al icon, Prince.” Called “Love Sym­bol #2”, the col­or (below) draws inspi­ra­tion from Prince’s Yama­ha pur­ple piano. Some­where, Marie Schrad­er is jeal­ous.

Relat­ed Con­tent:

A Pre-Pan­tone Guide to Col­ors: Dutch Book From 1692 Doc­u­ments Every Col­or Under the Sun

Goethe’s Col­or­ful & Abstract Illus­tra­tions for His 1810 Trea­tise, The­o­ry of Col­ors: Scans of the First Edi­tion

Hear Prince’s Per­son­al Playlist of Par­ty Music: 22 Tracks That Will Bring Any Par­ty to Life

Prince Plays Mind-Blow­ing Gui­tar Solos On “While My Gui­tar Gen­tly Weeps” and “Amer­i­can Woman”


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