The Pantone bento box from MyGlassStudio is one of the first tableware launches to translate Pantone’s annual colour selection directly into a functional dining product. Furthermore, when Pantone announced Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow as the 2021 Colours of the Year, MyGlassStudio responded with a redesigned bento dinner plate collection, a color trend bento box that carries both colours into the hospitality dining space with genuine intention. Moreover, the choice of grey and yellow was not simply aesthetic: these two colours speak to resilience, optimism, and the particular mood of 2021.

Pantone Bento Box. Illuminating Yellow and Ultimate Gray

Pantone’s 2021 dual colour selection was only the second time in two decades that the institute chose two colours simultaneously. Furthermore, the first occasion was in 2015, with Rose Quartz and Serenity, a pairing chosen around themes of gender fluidity and social progress. Moreover, the 2021 pairing of Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow centres on unity and mutual support. These are independent colours that show how distinct elements combine to strengthen one another.

Pantone bento box, picnic basket with cover by MyGlassStudio in Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow.

The inner surface of each Pantone inspired bento box carries the Illuminating Yellow. Furthermore, the outer surface uses Ultimate Gray, creating a visual contrast that reveals itself as the box is opened. Moreover, the cover features a round brass handle, and the removable basket holder uses powder-coated metal. In addition, every bento plate in the collection is dishwasher-safe, oven-safe, stackable, and leak-proof.

High tea box with cover holder. Pantone bento box for afternoon tea service by MyGlassStudio.

If Ultimate Gray is the tunnel, Illuminating Yellow is the light at its end. Furthermore, this Pantone color bento presentation captures exactly that relationship, the warmth of yellow emerging from within a composed grey exterior. Moreover, every interaction a guest has with the bento at the table carries this message: that strength and positivity coexist in the same object.

Pantone 2021 Colours. Inspiration Across the Full Bento Collection

The mood of 2021 called for colour that felt both grounded and energising. Furthermore, MyGlassStudio drew on this mood to extend the Pantone bento concept across a wider collection of dining pieces, all available in the same Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow colourway. Moreover, MyGlassStudio offers 170 Pantone-specified colours across its full range, making it possible to customise any bento piece to match the exact interior palette of any restaurant or hotel outlet.

Pantone inspired bento box picnic basket with cover, by MyGlassStudio.

Every piece in the collection tells the same story. Furthermore, the sunflower tones of Illuminating Yellow pair naturally with the earthy neutrality of Ultimate Gray, a combination that feels at home in contemporary hotel interiors, resort dining rooms, and in-room dining programmes alike.

Pantone color bento presentation, yellow and grey dinnerware by MyGlassStudio.

The collection also extends beyond the bento box itself. Furthermore, MyGlassStudio designed matching dinner plates, bowls, high tea stands, view the Afternoon Tea Stands Catalogue, and restaurant bowls, all in the Pantone 2021 colourway. Moreover, this allows venues to build a complete table concept around the colour story rather than applying it to a single piece.

Pantone bento box and tableware in yellow and grey, by MyGlassStudio.