Design with Color Pantone’s Color of the Year: Classic Blue

For 22 years, Pantone’s Color of the Year has influenced design across multiple industries, including fashion, home, and industrial design, as well as products like tile! According to Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, Pantone's 2020 Color of the Year, Classic Blue is "a timeless and enduring blue hue elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.”

“We are living in a time that requires trust and faith,” said Eiseman. “It is this constancy and confidence that is expressed by PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue, a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on. Imbued with a deep resonance, provides an anchoring foundation. A boundless blue evocative of the vast and infinite evening sky, Classic Blue encourages us to look beyond the obvious to expand our thinking; challenging us to think more deeply, increase our perspective and open the flow of communication.”

We've collected some of our favorite tile and stone that capture the essence of Pantone's Classic Blue. Whether you bring this color in with paint, furniture, rugs and accessories, or with your wall tile, countertops or floor tile, your space will amaze and reflect a calm and reassuring space.

Bring the timelessness of old-world design into your home with the Italian-made Villa Azul Collection. This beautiful porcelain collection allows you to create an encaustic style without compromising durability and quality. Lose the hassle and worry of maintenance but retain the beautiful aesthetic of hand-painted cement tiles with Villa Azul’s glazed porcelain and ink jet technology. Four 10” x 10” tiles radiate a stunning pattern available in two different colors: Blue and Black.

The Cloe Collection is glazed ceramic wall tile characterized by its brilliant colors, smooth gloss finish and interesting variations in hues and tones. Its eight colors: White, Creme, Baby Blue, Grey, Pink, Green, Blue and Black, can be used in a wide range of combinations. Cloe’s two sizes, 5"x5" and 2.5"x8", allow for modern and classic looks. For a pop of pattern, we’ve included a 5"x5" black and white Loire deco. Trim out your projects with the ½"x8" Jolly Miter Edge Trim in a gloss finish.

The super power of our Vivace Collection lies in its versatility. It's multi-sized, -colored, -patterned and -finish. Its four solid colors with a faux tarnish look are offered in three sizes: 4"x4", 4"x9" (gloss finish) and 9"x14" (matte finish). What takes this tile to the next level is its striped pattern tiles in available in both 4"x4" and 9"x9" sizes in both gloss and matte choices. Depending on how you set them and if you pair them with the solid options, you really get limitless design options.

With names sparked from the solar system, the Zenia Collection comes in milky mattes to glowing darks inspired by the hues in space. The Zenia Collection, available in 2-1/2"x9" field tile or 2"x6" mosaic in gloss or matte, is designed to create a celestial bliss to any interior or exterior space.

Designed to replicate hand-painted cement tiles, the Enchante Collection delivers the aesthetic of encaustic cement tile in a low maintenance, durable color-body porcelain. Select one of our 8”x8” tiles in repeating three patterns: Charm, Splendid and Moderno.

Blue toned granite, usually quarried in Brazil, is strikingly beautiful. Because of its intense patterns, pair this stone with neutral colors and simple cabinetry and floors. Granite is a great option for feature walls, kitchen countertops, bathroom countertops, backsplashes, fireplace surrounds and bar tops. No matter where it is used, granite with blue tones will look amazing. Also, check out these other blue-toned stone options: marble and quartzite.

Bring the blues into your home! Browse our blue hued tile and stone options.