Winners of the Pantone Dualities Challenge show how Designers think about color harmony - Yanko Design

"The challenge also introduced a new game-changing feature from KeyShot's latest 2025.2 update - AI Shots. Although optional, we also encouraged participants to tinker around with the AI tools in KeyShot Studio (which run locally, so you don't need credits or an internet subscription, and you don't have to worry about companies accessing and training on your data), that let you generate materials, backgrounds, and even new designs entirely."

"Sam Weise's design ended up snagging the gold for one unique reason - understanding and executing the brief flawlessly. Weise simply chose two colors (that don't usually work together) and combined them into a novel carabiner design. The carabiner looks simple, but is brilliantly rendered, with a fabric strap that shows off KeyShot's RealCloth material with sheer grace. The colors, pink and lemon green, don't usually work on paper because of one being warm and the other being cool."

Yanko Design and KeyShot partnered with Pantone for the Pantone Dualities Challenge from July 18 to the end of August, inviting designers to explore 175 complementary pastel and warm/cool grey combinations. The brief required creative use of dual colors from the Dualities palette. KeyShot 2025.2 introduced AI Shots, enabling local generation of materials, backgrounds, and designs without cloud credits or data exposure, though these tools demand a powerful GPU. The AI tools were optional but encouraged for material and background generation. Sam Weise won gold by pairing pink and lemon-green on a novel carabiner rendered with RealCloth fabric detail, producing harmony and clear visual drama.

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