Pantone’s Color of the Year: Mocha Mousse

 A Unique Blend of Brown, Red, and Orange

This is the year of Mocha Mousse, Pantone’s Color of the Year. Mocha Mousse blends three colors — brown, red, and orange. In addition, the color can run the gamut from a light tannish color to a bonze. The color will impact this Spring in blouses, tops, lacy dresses, and flared pants.

Here are more examples of Mocha Mousse:

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How to Wear ‘Mocha Mousse,’ Pantone’s 2025 Color Of The Year

Peach Fuzz is so last season.

• Janelle Sessoms
• Dec 9, 2024

Photos: Launchmetrics Spotlight; Courtesy of Pantone

It’s official: Peach Fuzz is out (and let’s keep it real; Brat Green is too).

For next year, Pantone is predicting a “Mocha Mousse” takeover. The global color authority crowned the soft brown hue (shade 17–1230, to be exact) as 2025’s Color of the Year, citing its comforting adjacency to chocolate and coffee and its “subtle elegance and earthy refinement” in a press release.

In fashion, brown shades are historically lackluster or, at best, a supporting color for more dominant neutrals. Pantone, however, points out that “Mocha Mousse” can be “aspirational and luxe.” In a press statement, it “presents a discrete and tasteful touch of glamour,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of Pantone Color Institute. (Still, folks have a lot of feelings about it online.

With the popularity of “quiet luxury” and the mainstream return of minimalism, designers have gradually courted color neutrality over the past few seasons. The light brown shade errs on the safer side of the color wheel, and it’s also highly versatile and already on fashion’s mind: Kim Kardashian’s Skims, for instance, has centered its brand identity around its beige bodycon dresses and bodysuits. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris famously wore a tan (Mocha Mousse-adjacent) Chloé suit during her 2024 presidential run. “Mocha Mousse” has already made its presence known on runways as well: For Spring 2025, the likes of LaQuan Smith, Max Mara, Wiederhoeft, Jason Wu and Hermès dabbled with the shade through corsetry, knits, relaxed outwear and silky, drape dresses.