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The Pantone color of the year, thanks to Angelina Jolie. Prepare to covet everything Emerald (and Monaco Blue and Dusk Blue)--the most popular colors of Spring 2013. As Racked explains, that WWD has explained, we can thank Angelina for this announcement because of those killer earrings she wore to the Academy Awards a few years ago which has slowly seeped into the collective unconscious. [Racked]