The Pantone Colour of the Year program engages the design community and colour enthusiasts in a conversation around colour, highlighting the relationship between colour and culture. Pantone selects a colour each year that captures the global zeitgeist – the Colour of the Year express a global mood and an attitude, reflecting collective desire in the form of a single, distinct hue.
For 2025, the Pantone Color Institute has selected PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse, a warming, brown hue imbued with richness which nurtures with its suggestion of the delectable qualities of chocolate, cocoa and coffee, answering our desire for comfort.
With its sophisticated, earthy elegance, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse can stand alone or serve as a versatile foundation, enhancing a wide range of palettes and applications – from minimalist to richly detailed designs – across all colour-focused industries.
A delectable brown for packaging and multimedia design
Utility-oriented but at the same time elevated and sophisticated with a luxe feel, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse transports our senses into the pleasure and deliciousness it inspires. Seemingly tactile and touchable, PANTONE 17-1230 warmly welcomes, inviting consumers to reach out and engage, making it an enticing shade for a variety of products from food and beverage to cosmetics to any product made with natural ingredients or dedicated to wellness.
PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse colour palettes
A versatile shade infused with inherent sophistication and earthy refinement, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse creates a strong chromatic foundation, complementing diverse applications, both minimalist and richly decorated, across design and all colour conscious industries. Five unique colour palettes featuring PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse, each conveying its own distinctive feeling and mood, have also been created. Within each of these five colour stories four suggested colour harmonies which can be downloaded and shared using Pantone Connect are also included.
Available as a mobile app, on the web, and as an extension app for Adobe® Creative Cloud®, Pantone Connect makes capturing, curating, and designing with Pantone Colours easy and efficient.
Visit the Pantone Color of the Year 2025 page for everything you need to incorporate PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse into physical and digital designs.