This season, cerulean blue is making a major splash on the S/S 25 runways, and it’s quickly becoming the color to know. Known for its striking vibrancy, cerulean brings a fresh, eye-catching pop ...

Cerulean! Chili Pepper! Peach Fuzz! See all of the hues the Pantone Color Institute has selected for Color of the Year since 1999. Cerulean! Chili Pepper! Peach Fuzz!

That year, the color chosen was Cerulean, a serene shade that represented the excitement of a new millennium and offered a calming visual to the anxieties that preceded Y2K.

Crayola said the new crayon, which slightly resembles its Cerulean color, was inspired by the accidental discovery of the blue-hued pigment by chemists at Oregon State University in 2009.