Pantone names NYFW fall 2022 color trends
The PantoneNew York Fashion Week
This season’s report highlights ten standout colors as well as current takes on five core classics expected to see as fashion designers introduce new Autumn/Winter collections.
Experts at the Pantone Color Institute said that this season’s colors “reflect our hybridized lifestyles and our contradictory yearnings as we continue forward into this new landscape.”
Colors for Autumn/Winter 2022/2023 are both nurturing and restorative, with shades like Martine Olive, Midnight, Caramel Cafe, Watersprout and Nosegay. Likewise, super bright colors expressing the celebration of life make up the line up including Lava Falls, an impassioned orange red, Cheerful Samoan Sun, Gregarious Orange Tiger, Vivid and vibrant Rose Violet, and green Amazon
Completing the report are classic, seasonless hues whose versatility express longevity such as Arctic Wolf, creamy Autumn Blonde, a cosmically inspired blue hue, Polar Night, Loden Frost, and non-presumptive Chiseled Stone
“Colors for Autumn/Winter 2022/2023 contrast our competing desires for calm and comfort with energy boosting vitality through a range of restful and restorative colors, in tandem with exuberant tones,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.
“As we move forward into an environment filled with contradiction, hues for Autumn/Winter 2022/2023 enable consumers to move fluidly between a range of contrasting shades, allowing them to spontaneously express who they are and how they feel on any given day.”
