“A naturally robust and earthy red wine, Marsala enriches our minds, bodies and souls,” stated Pantone about the color of the year for 2015, Marsala.

The color is combined with hues of gray, black, beige, and other neutrals www.krqe.com claimed. It also has a natural earthiness in the color. It also has a  brown-red and blue undertones for a dark blush effect.

“Hardy, robust, satisfying, fulfilling. At the same time there’s a certain glamour that’s attached to this color,” offered Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.

Marsala is also Pantone’s 18-1438 color and examples of the color can be found at http://www.pantone.com/pages/index.aspx?pg=21163.

Pantone is the world renowned authority on color and provider of color systems and leading technology for selection and accurate communications of color across a wide variety of businesses www.panton.com reported.