Say hello to the new Colour of The Year for 2022

We invite guest writer Lindsay Edwards to introduce the new on-trend colour

Words: Lindsey Edwards. Images: iStock

Pantone has influenced global product development and design in many industries for 23 years.

Each year, new technologies, materials and textures are considered for their impact on colour trends.

As we see in the new year, it’s time to bid farewell to "Illuminating Yellow" and "Ultimate Grey"—the two shades that were chosen by Pantone to symbolise unity and hope throughout 2021.

We’ll tell you what the new Colour of the Year is for 2022, plus what it represents and why it was chosen.

A transformative choice

After much consideration, the colour experts of Pantone (who are at the forefront of forecasting global colour trends) have unveiled “Very Peri” as the Colour of 2022.

It is a shade representative of adaptation and transformation, they say.

It’s a very specific shade of periwinkle—combining the steady tranquillity of blue with an energetic infusion of red.

Consequently, this balance of warm and cool undertones means that this is a shade that will flatt…