Human Swatches from Pantone

Odds are good that you do not think of skin tones when you think of colours for decor.  That may soon change.  While Pantone deals with colour in general, and not those specific to design, Humanae is worth a look.

The photos are somewhat like passport photos – they show a close-up of the face and cut off just below the shoulders.

Angelica Dass, a Brazilian artist, took a series of photographs of normal people.

The Pantone colours themselves are not new, but the way in which they are viewed may well be.

Rather than using a typical background, Angelica has matched each subject’s skin tone colour with an appropriate Pantone shade based on an 11×11 pixel sample of the model’s face.

The overall goal of the project is to document all possible skin tones.  A lofty goal indeed!

I’ll be following to see all that they can document.  Will you?

There are only twelve (12) swatches above. The Humanae tumbler page currently has one hundred fifty (150).

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