Shutterstock’s 2020 Color Trends Report Predicts Colors on the Rise

Shutterstock’s 2020 Color Trends Report Predicts Colors on the Rise to be Bold, saturated hues are expected to dominate many 2020 creative campaigns, based on data that matches pixels with image downloads.

NEW YORK, NY December 3, 2019Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global technology company offering high-quality assets, tools and services through its creative platform, today launched its 2020 Color Trends report. By analyzing billions of pixel data from images downloaded, and then mapping each pixel to its closest named hex code, the report reveals which colours had the greatest growth between 2018 and 2019, as well as local favourites from around the world. Shutterstock’s 1.9 million customers include designers, marketers, creatives, and bloggers who are often working months in advance on campaigns and projects. Their download choices help to forecast trends in the year ahead.

The colours that have grown the most in popularity include:

  • Lush Lava– #FF4500: a bold and fiery orange-red that quickly catches the eye—the noticeably warm colour will help companies draw attention to their brand.
  • Aqua Menthe– #7FFFD4: a vivid, cyan-tinged mint shade that is perfect for conveying a playful, modern, and outgoing brand personality.
  • Phantom Blue– #191970: a rich navy with significant depth, mimicking a dramatic night sky—ideal for a more professional, mature brand look and feel.

“In a visually crowded media and advertising world, standing out is both an art form and a challenge for brands. Colour is naturally a powerful tool in helping brands garner attention with their audiences in an effective and meaningful way,” said Lou Weiss, Chief Marketing Officer at Shutterstock. “As we look to 2020, the data shows a clear shift from the turbo-charged neons of 2019 to more elevated, bold, and saturated colours that command attention in a sophisticated way.”

In addition to the top three fastest-growing colours in popularity globally, the report also highlights the top trending colour for 24 countries. From a mossy green in South Korea to a dark orchid in Brazil, these shades show local favourites across different regions, which are also based on year-over-year growth.

To learn more about the top trending colors around the world, click here.

The fastest-growing colours

Lush Lava- #FF4500: a bold and fiery orange-red that quickly catches the eye—the noticeably warm color will help companies draw attention to their brand.
Aqua Menthe- #7FFFD4: a vivid, cyan-tinged mint shade that is perfect for conveying a playful, modern, and outgoing brand personality.
Phantom Blue- #191970: a rich navy with significant depth, mimicking a dramatic night sky—ideal for more professional, mature brand look and feel.

Shutterstock’s 2020 Color Trends

Local hues: discover the colours trending around the world

Shutterstock’s 2020 Color Trends

About Shutterstock, Inc.

Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), directly and through its group subsidiaries, is a leading global provider of high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations, videos and music to businesses, marketing agencies and media organizations around the world. Working with its growing community of over 1 million contributors, Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has more than 300 million images and more than 16 million video clips available.

Headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock has offices around the world and customers in more than 150 countries. The company also owns Bigstock, a value-oriented stock media offering; Shutterstock Custom, a custom content creation platform; Offset, a high-end image collection; PremiumBeat, a curated royalty-free music library; and Shutterstock Editorial, a premier source of editorial images for the world’s media.

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VISUAL DESIGNER since 1996 and blogger since 2010. Living in Athens, Greece. She has been focusing her research on poster design and particularly on social poster design and portrait design. Her main poster project is a series of posters celebrating great personalities of traditional and popular culture in Greece and Jamaica. These include actors, singers, musicians, poets etc. This is an ongoing project. “I believe that design is a powerful tool that we designers can use to spark enthusiasm, change mindsets and bring positive actions to our world and our culture”. FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF GRAPHICART-NEWS.COM BLOG. She carefully curates high-quality designs, illustrations, and art, from all over the world that will teach and provoke other designers. Many consider her blog to be an exceptional educational tool. CO-FOUNDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGGAE POSTER CONTEST which was launched on December 2011, partnering, the creative activist Michael Thompson aka Freestylee. (www.reggaepostercontest.com)