Serenity and Rose Quartz are Pantone’s colours of the year (that’s blue and pink, to you)

“Serenity” now, people, with some “Rose Quartz” mixed in.

The experts at the Pantone Colour Institute have chosen not one but two colours of the year — named thusly — in a complementary pairing that spans fashion, media, packaging, housewares and a desire for more tranquility and calm in actual life.

Or so they say — they being colour analysts, who span the globe in search of trends. Rose Quartz is a pale pink and Serenity is close but not quite what once was referred to as baby blue.

In fact, Pantone believes the blend reflects a gender neutrality that has strengthened over the last year or so and is sure to carry through to 2016 and beyond, said Laurie Pressman, vice-president of the institute, based in Carlstadt, New Jersey.

It's the first time Pantone has picked two colours of the year since it debuted the designation in 1999.

“This is a fusion of two shades,” Pressman said in a recent interview. “Rose Quartz is a warm and embracing gentle rose tone that conveys compassion and a sense of composure. Serenity reflects a mindset of inner peace.”