Pantone LLC has just crowned Pantone 15-5519 Turquoise as the Color of the Year for 2010.

Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®, credited its connection to feelings of serenity, protection and luscious escapism.

“Through years of color word-association studies,” she said, “we also find that Turquoise represents an escape to many — taking them to a tropical paradise.”

I am typing this wearing my Turquoise shoes, with my Turquoise pants, and my Turquoise shirt.  I still feel like I am in New York, a snow and iced covered New York.  Time to go buy some Turquoise socks.