February 26, 2024 Miguel Tousignant

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The 2022 color predictions have shown a clear trend, with green emerging as a major trend this year. Paint brands and designers have singled out green as the defining hue of the new year, due to its growing popularity as a new neutral in 2021.

However, Pantone is here to introduce a new shade and add some dynamism to 2022: PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri, an exhilarating and vibrant purple. We didn't see this one coming, but we're officially obsessed with the color.

Pantone describes the color as a hue that displays "carefree confidence and bold curiosity," a hue that is sure to stimulate creativity and bring a fresh perspective to 2022.

"As we enter a world of unprecedented change, Very Peri's selection brings a fresh perspective and vision to the trusted and beloved family of blue colors," says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.

Displaying the calming qualities of blue while possessing a reddish-purple undertone, Very Peri is bold, creative, and imaginative. Since blue is generally a calming shade, Pantone sought to capture some of these qualities while introducing a fresh perspective.

Very Peri is a striking contrast to Pantone's 2021 selections, Ultimate Grey and Illuminating, a balancing grey and a joyful yellow. These colors were both soothing and optimistic, embodying a message of hope and strength for 2020. Veri Peri is strong in herself, but much more confident in her boldness and creativity.

As the world continues to emerge from this most challenging period and long periods of isolation, this color brings inspiring days ahead. Veri Peri was selected with this in mind: to embrace how the world has changed and inspire a new era of positivity, one that now blends our physical and digital lives. These factors have merged in ways we couldn't have foreseen, but Pantone believes that Veri Peri reflects digital design and the new color possibilities to explore in the new year.