Keep current with the latest product color trends with our new specialty color collection for cosmetics, accessories, fashion, housewares, electronics and more. PANTONE Specialty Metallic & Pearlescent is a brand new collection of 175 luxurious colors for products and any other applications where metallic colors are applied to a product or surface. The palette in this collection was carefully selected to meet the tremendous consumer demand for metallic and lustrous product finishes. These high-trending colors provide a broad range of color inspiration and on-target direction to designers, product developers and manufacturers. The new collection features 117 metallic colors created using a 12% aluminum flake as a base. Metallic flake reflects light without changing its wavelength, adding depth and vibrant visual interest without altering the perceived color. The 58 pearlescent colors in the palette were created using both a 12% metallic flake plus a pearl (mica) base. Mica refracts light into analogous wavelengths, creating subtle pearlescent shifts in the perceived color for a rich, lustrous look. All of the colors were developed to present the best color match when evaluated under D65 (Daylight 6500K) lighting.