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Does Pantone have a monopoly on colors? Is that bad?

The Pantone company built a business by standardizing the way designers and companies communicate about color. But one artist is challenging their color monopoly.

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Sam Yellowhorse Kesler is an Assistant Producer for Planet Money. Previously, he's held positions at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ's Ask Me Another & All Things Considered, and was the inaugural Code Switch Fellow. Before ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, he interned with World Cafe from WXPN. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and continues to reside in Philadelphia. If you want to reach him, try looking in your phone contacts to see if he's there! You'd be surprised how many people are in there that you forgot about.