How to Wear Pantone Color of the Year Serenity Blue in Your Hair

There are two Pantone Colors of the Year for 2016. One is rose quartz and the other is serenity. As beautiful as its name suggests, serenity is a cool and tranquil shade of pale blue. It is described as “weightless and airy, like the expanse of the blue sky, bringing feelings of respite and relaxation even in turbulent times.” If you’ve already embraced the unnatural hair color trend or are ready for a change here’s serenity hair inspo that won’t leave you feeling blue.

1. Serenity Blue in All Its Glory

Not sure what shade of blue serenity is? Here you go!

2. Multi-colored Blue

Serenity is the perfect foil for other deeper shades of blue.

3. Beautiful Blue

And it lends itself perfectly to beachy waves when you want to evoke the colors of a tropical lagoon.

4. Hi Ho Silver (and Blue)

Serenity's pale coolness segues wonderfully into silver.

5. Sea Foam

Are you thinking of white horses (wave crests) on the beach?

6. To the Edge

The palest shade shown here is about as far you can push serenity before it becomes a different color.

7. Electric Blue

Even though described a cool and tranquil shade, it can still be electric.

8. Black and Blue

Pale blue adds drama to black hair.

9. Pale to the Max

This is as far as you can push serenity to the pale edge.

10. Blue Hair

Own it like a mermaid.

11. Blue Meets Punk

For girls who like the edge

12. Blue Ombré

The perfect shade for the tips of an ombré.

13. Blue Color Melt

It so belongs in here - don't you agree?

14. Blue Dip-dye

This is one of my favorite effects.

15. Short Blue Hair

It's a shade that looks fabulous on all lengths. So ...

16. Blue Bob ...

... is a charm.

17. Cool Blue

Serenity on its own is ... serene .. truly.

18. Lilac to Blue

Do you love this color graduation as much as I do?

19. Blue Roots

Pair your Serenity-inspired locks with a rich hue in the same shade for double the impact.

20. Wild at Heart

Can hair give you wanderlust? I say yes!

21. Blue Drama

What is it about colored hair that adds drama to a hairstyle?

22. Stormy Blues

I am seriously loving serenity with black.

23. Brown to Blue

The brown at the crown is my hair color. Should I go blue?

24. Through the Blues

Serenity through turquoise, through teal through indigo. Beautiful blues.

25. All the Blues

Check out that palette!

26. Opal Hair

You can't capture the flashes of opals without serenity.

27. Sleek

A showcase of a stunning color.

28. Blue Beauty

The more I see, the more my courage to go blue is building.

29. Blue Ombré

So pretty. Don't you think?

30. Split-Dyed Hair

I just had to include this because it has the two Pantone Colors of the Year for 2016

31. Celebrity Inspo

Gwen Stefani showcased blue hair styled in three mini top knots way back in the '90s