Table of Contents We are accustomed to tech brands partnering with adjacent brands, whether it’s OnePlus with Hasselblad or Honor and Huawei with Porsche Design, and often — such as with Xiaomi and Leica — singing the praises of the resulting collaborations. But not enough has been said about Motorola’s now established partnership with color experts Pantone.
Related I didn’t need to look up the name of the color on Motorola’s website either, as the familiar Pantone swatch card stamped on the back of the phone proudly informed me. Is Grisaille gray? No, this is far from the color used to paint battleships, in the same way Porsche’s wonderful Crayon color isn’t just gray either. Grisaille is a medium blue, but refined enough that all but a hint of the blue remains as the darker gray tone emerges.
A few weeks after I received the Grisaille Edge 50 Neo, Motorola announced a version in Pantone’s color of the year 2025 called Mocha Mousse. Believe me, I tried to get a sample of the Edge 50 Neo in Mocha Mousse, but they’re in short supply, and I was very sad. Like Grisaille isn’t gray, Mocha Mousse isn’t brown. No-one would want a brown smartphone, which is color best reserved for coffee beans and bears, anyway. It looks fantastic in the promotional images.