Pantone's 2025 annual pop color has finally been revealed, it is a light brown color.
Its Pantone color number is 17-1230 and is named Mocha Mousse.
The official introduction is: Mochamus is an evocative soft brown, with its warm and rich brown that contains the delicious nature of cocoa, chocolate and coffee to satisfy people's desire for comfort.
This light brown color also belongs to the Maillard color system that has been popular in the past two years.
Mocha has added mousse, which is softer in the color. Reminds of the warm texture of the soil, the quiet posture of the trees, and the tempting taste of coffee and chocolate.
Laurie Pressman, vice president of Pantone Color Institute, explained: “We always pursue balance in all aspects of our lives, including relationships, work, social connections, and the natural environment around us. Pantone’s 2025 Popular Color is a mellow one The brown color, its inherent richness and sensory warmth extend further to our desire for comfort, and the indulgence of simple joy that we can share with others.”
Simply put, it is a color that will make us comfortable, safe and balanced, just as sweet food can heal bad moods.
It’s like returning to a home with a wood color and removing all the fatigue.
It is also like wearing a light brown outfit, low-key and fashionable have a gentle power.
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Mocha Mousse color in life
Mocha Mousse
2025 Pantone's annual popular color "Mocha Mousse", as the name suggests, comes from the dessert mocha mousse.
It reminds us of sweet, soft desserts, like the peach color of 2024, which can sweep away bad moods.
When it becomes the annual popular color that is decided after looking for inspiration from many aspects such as fashion, design, art, technology, society, etc., it shows that we are once again healed by a color. Mochamus color in the show is a fashion vane show, and many brands have released the Mochamus color LOOK in the latest series of 2025. Max Mara, which has always been mainly brown, has produced a series of practical mochamos colored sweaters and jackets in early spring 2025.
There are also many light brown suits for summer in the Ralph Lauren Spring/Summer 2025 collection.
Fendi decorates the mochamos color on the flowing skirt.
Hermès 2025 spring and summer series, from leather jackets, suits to skirts, has produced a light brown LOOK.
Mochamus color Mochamus color handbags in the accessories are also versatile.
Brands such as Prada, Miu Miu, LOEWE, CELINE, etc. have light brown colors to choose from in this year's new handbags.
Mocha Mousse color in makeup is a common color in makeup, and it is easy to draw high-end makeup.
Everyday makeup such as foundation, eyeshadow, shadow, and lipstick are available in mocha mousse colors.
Light brown is also a popular choice for hair color.
The model in the hair accessories brand Tressé 2024 Autumn and Winter LOOKBOOK is a head of brown medium-length hair, which is very heart-warming.
The street scenes with a sense of atmosphere in photography always have a light brown color.
Exotic scenery under the lens of photographer Salva López ⬇️
Photographer Shane Taylor City in Twilight in the Lens ⬇️
Mocha Mousse Color in Home
Bookshelf, desk, rattan chair... Home in the wood color always brings a warm and peaceful feeling.。
Fashion designer Matilda Djerf always has a corner of mocha mousse color in his home。
Dutch version of Vogue, the Waldhaus hotel in Silsmaria, Switzerland, is also luxurious and low-key brown tones。
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Mochamus color matching inspiration
Mocha Mousse
Pantone gave its "official color scheme" while proposing the mochamus color.
Different colors and styles are divided into the following three categories. Let’s choose some references that are suitable for daily outfits。
Match with the same color and gray-blue color
The first set of names is "Subtle Contrasts", with brown tones combined with blue and gray, a natural and comfortable set of colors。
There is no need to explain the same color outfit. There will always be no mistakes when stacking browns with different shades.
Grey and light brown are worn together, which is a combination of high intelligence.
The most recommended is the layering of blue and mocha mousse, the layering of inside and outside, or the daily combination of top brown and bottom denim is very outstanding.
另一种时髦穿法就是在咖啡色外套里露出蓝色领口,穿搭很有层次感。
Paired with the same "delicious" pink series
The second color combination is named "Deliciousness", and the delicious and seductive mocha mousse combines other delicious shades, a collection inspired by colorful candies.
The Prada 2025 Spring and Summer series has a combination of mocha mousse with pink.
However, it is difficult to control bright pinks, and low-saturation powders are recommended in daily outfits.
Or clothing with checkered color combinations.
Dark red as a bit of embellishment to illuminate the whole set of brown outfits.
Mochamus color contrast mix
The third group is the boldest contrasting color mix, the name is "uniquely balanced Uniquely Balanced", light brown colliding with bright colors, with a little exotic feel in vitality.
If you want to wear contrasting colors to create a style, you can first choose a striped splicing style, which is a bit nostalgic and retro.
Bright blue and brown are very literary.
In the outfit, the most recommended choice between yellow and mocha mousse is to match separately in this set of color schemes. It is warm and warm, and it is not easy to make mistakes when worn on the body.
Mochamus seems to be an unexpected popular color. It has been popular for more than two years with the trend of Maillard color matching. We will see it more in the next 2025. What do you think of this color?