PANTONE 466

PANTONE 466 has different variations depending on the type of material and printing process, such as coated, uncoated, or textile.

In the hexadecimal color code, PANTONE 466 is a medium light shade of brown.

It is composed of 78.82% red, 67.45% green and 47.84% blue in the RGB color model, and has a hue of 38°, saturation of 39% and lightness of 79% in the HSL color space.

PANTONE 466 can be used to create a warm, earthy, and natural impression in design and branding.

Once upon a time, in the quaint little village of Cornfield Heights, lived Anna Yamamoto, a farmer known for her peculiar affinity for growing the most colorful vegetables. Her radishes were crimson, her carrots were neon orange, and her beets shimmered in hues no one could quite name. Anna had a garden that resembled a painter’s palette gone mad, and every year, she held a harvest festival that attracted curious onlookers from miles away.

One crisp autumn day, as Anna was preparing for the festival, a somewhat out-of-place visitor arrived in town. Professor Kate Jacobs, a renowned color theorist from the far-off city of Chromatopolis, was on a quest to discover a new color for her upcoming book, "The Spectral Secrets: The Untold Stories of Color."

Professor Jacobs had heard of Anna’s extraordinary garden and decided it was the perfect place to find the elusive new hue. With her lab coat flapping in the wind like a superhero’s cape, she approached Anna's fields, her eyes wide with excitement.

"Good day, Madam Yamamoto! I am Professor Kate Jacobs, and I’ve come to uncover a new color. Your garden, as I’ve heard, might just be the treasure trove I’ve been searching for!"

Anna, who was knee-deep in a pumpkin patch, looked up with a grin. "Well, you’re in for a treat, Professor! My vegetables are known for their extraordinary colors. Let’s see if we can find what you’re looking for."

Professor Jacobs eagerly followed Anna through the garden. They examined every vegetable, from the luminous turnips to the opalescent squash. But nothing seemed quite right. Then, they stumbled upon a single, peculiar carrot, which was neither orange, nor yellow, nor any shade of red.

"This carrot!" Professor Jacobs exclaimed. "It’s absolutely unique! It seems to be... a combination of several colors. It’s like a rainbow in vegetable form!"

Anna scratched her head. "That carrot’s been a mystery to me too. It’s a bit of an oddball in my garden. Let’s name it and see if that helps."

The two of them brainstormed, tossing around names like "Citrus Sunset" and "Autumn Breeze," but nothing seemed to fit. After hours of brainstorming, Professor Jacobs grew increasingly frustrated, muttering under her breath about how color naming was far more complex than she anticipated.

Suddenly, the idea of naming the carrot after the village’s famous annual event hit them. "What about ‘Pantone 466’? It’s quirky, it’s different, and it’s got a nice ring to it," said Anna, recalling the festival’s number of years running.

Professor Jacobs, with a sudden burst of inspiration, agreed. "Pantone 466 it is!"

They documented the color with all the enthusiasm of explorers discovering a new continent. Professor Jacobs sent her findings to the Pantone Color Institute, where the color was officially cataloged as "Pantone 466."

Word of the new color quickly spread, and "Pantone 466" became the talk of the design world. It was celebrated for its unique blend of hues that seemed to change slightly in different lights, much like the enigmatic carrot from Cornfield Heights.

As for Anna and Professor Jacobs, they remained lifelong friends. Every year, during the harvest festival, they’d proudly tell the story of the unusual carrot that gave birth to a color, and how a farmer and a professor’s shared eccentricity had added a new shade to the spectrum.

And so, in the vibrant world of design, "Pantone 466" was forever known not just as a color but as a whimsical tribute to the oddities and adventures that make the world so wonderfully colorful.