Last five clay recipes for the Fall 2025 Pantone Fashion Colors

Here are the last five clay recipes for the 2025 Pantone Fall/Winter Fashion Colors.  I hope you find them inspiring and a great way to kick start your creativity.  With all the noise going on around us these days, it helps to distract oneself with some form of craft.  I have always found that working with polymer clay can be very calming.  Sometimes while I am just mixing my colors, my mind wanders and I can imagine various designs to create with them including various combinations.

The recipes posted here were created with Kato clay and I will be mixing up the same in Cernit clay over the next few weeks and will post those recipes here later.

Brandied Melon (Kato Clay)

2 parts Kato Orange

1 part Kato Magenta

1 part Kato Gold

4 parts Ecru Base #2-7

2 parts Kato Brown

Brandied Melon (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

Lemon Grass (Kato Clay)

2 parts Kato Orange

1 part Kato Magenta

1 part Kato Gold

4 parts Ecru Base #2-7

2 parts Kato Brown

Lemon Grass (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

Lyons Blue (Kato Clay)

4 x Kato Blue

1/2 part Kato Turquoise

1 part Kato Black

1 part Ecru Base #2-7 *

1/2 part Kato Pearl (optional)

Lyons Blue (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

Poppy Red (Kato Clay)

(Can use the same recipe as Grenadine)

1 part Kato Red

1 part Kato Pearl

Poppy Red (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

Winterberry (Kato Clay)

Use Clay Recipe #4-3 * (Pimento) 

Winterberry (Kato Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

* Note:  These clay color recipes are created using Kato clay.  Any of the base color "mixes" used are from my Clay Color System.  And don't forget that our Tutorial lessons are on sale right now in our online store -- I have extended the sale to the end of the week -- Sunday, October 5.

More Fall 2025 Pantone Fashion Color Recipes

I am not sure how many of you out there have ever heard of Color Draping?  It was very popular back in the 1980's and 1990's.  I remember going to home "parties" where they determine your "seasonal" colors and then you purchase color swatches in those colors for color matching while shopping for clothes.  We were told that if someone compliments your outfit (but not yourself) then they are saying the outfit is nice but not necessarily in your proper seasonal color, otherwise they would tell you how nice "you" look (in that outfit).  I found it quite interesting and even though I somehow lost my color swatches a while back, I still remember that I was told I am a "Vivid Summer".  These are examples of the seasonal colors today and I noticed that the colors are somewhat similar but the titles have changed.

I had discovered that when I wear the colors from my palette, people always notice it and tell me how "that color really looks good on you" so it does make a difference.  I think that was what first really introduced me to color palettes or variations.  I use to paint, but never really developed a true love for mixing and combining color until I discovered polymer clay.  To me, polymer clay became the "3-D" version of color!

The other thing I noticed about this years fall/winter colors is that most of them have a red or brown tone or undertone which is a little unusual for the typical Pantone seasonal palettes.

So even if you are someone who likes to make jewelry (either for yourself or to sell) or someone who likes to wear jewelry or other accessories, these can be in colors to compliment the clothes in your own  wardrobe as an accent but does not necessarily have to be so "matchy".

I like making my clay tiles as they are great for matching items while shopping or looking for various combinations.  I have these listed in my online store (made to order) and will be available when my shipping issues are resolved (hopefully this week).

So here are some recipes to start out that I think could make some fun combinations with:

Primrose Pink (Kato Clay)

1/2 part Dusty Rose - Recipe #11-5 *

2 parts Ecru Mix #208 *

10 parts White

Primrose Pink (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

Damson (Kato Clay)

2 parts Kato Violet

3 parts Crimson - Recipe #4-5 *

1 part Purple - Recipe #10-2 *

3 parts Ecru Base #2-7 *

Damson (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

Hot Chocolate (Kato Clay)

Same as Recipe for Burnt Umber #3-2 *

but increase the red from 1 part to 1-1/2 parts

Hot Chocolate (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

Bronze Brown (Kato Clay)

7 parts Burnt Umber #3-2 *

2 parts Kato Gold

1 part Kato Black

Bronze Brown (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

Chili Oil (Kato Clay)

Same as the recipe for Chili Pepper #4-4 *

Chili Oil (Cernit Clay)

Will be posted at a later date

* Note:  These clay color recipes are created using Kato clay.  Any of the base color "mixes" used are from my Clay Color System.  And don't forget that our Tutorial lessons are on sale right now in our online store -- I have extended the sale to the end of the week -- Sunday, October 5.

I will be sharing the other 5 color recipes very soon.

Mocha Mousse - Pantone Color of the Year

 I have been busy setting up a business account with several couriers to replace Canada Post.  If and when Canada Post starts functioning again, I will still have those other shipping options available.  I find dealing with these companies are a little more complicated than the postal system so hopefully I will have it running smoothly very soon.

In the meantime, I had finished and delivered the fall order to Kelowna Yarn & Needlecrafts in time for their anniversary sale which was over a week ago.  They sell a lot of yarn for baby and children's items and so my small buttons are quite popular.  My best seller is the simply textured Rainbow buttons which I make in "all the colors of the rainbow" including the Pantone colors.

Rainbow Buttons in Pantone Fall 2021 Colors

I now expanded these Rainbow buttons into little heart shapes which are also now available at the Kelowna Yarn store.

I also make custom stitch markers that are based on their store logo (shown below).

This is a hint on how they are created.  I first make a large cane and then reduce it smaller to the size I need.  Then each "yarn ball" is created by sandwiching a bit of clay filler in between two slices of the cane.

Each year for their anniversary I create stitch markers in the Pantone Color for the Year so the batch I made up here is in Mocha Mousse.

Since I mixed up the Pantone clay colors for this fall (using Kato clay) I thought I would share them here one final time.  I have been slowly using up the large supply of Kato clay I still have and now even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to purchase any more soon as Donna Kato just announced that Van Aken International is clearing out all their stock and will no longer manufacture it.  So in the future, any new colors created with be using Cernit clay.  If you do use other clays that are in the true artisan colors (Fimo professional or Cernit No. One)  you can improvise and still mix up these colors.  When I get the chance, I will add the converted Cernit recipes here later.

So here is the recipe for Mocha Mousse, the Pantone Color of the Year.

Mocha Mousse (Kato Clay)

4 parts Kato Brown
1 part Ecru Mix - Recipe # 2-7

Mocha Mousse (Cernit Clay)

Posted at a later date

* Note:  These clay color recipes are created using Kato clay.  Any of the base color "mixes" used are from my Clay Color System.  And don't forget that our Tutorial lessons are on sale right now in our online store.

I will be sharing the other Pantone fall colors for this year later this week.