Year 2022 Color Very Peri
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Perennial vinca vines feature a periwinkle blue flower. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
Year 2022 Color Periwinkle
Actually Pantone, the color setting company calls the 2022 “new” color “Very Peri,” a combination of blue and lavender that looks like periwinkle to me.
“Displaying a carefree confidence and a daring curiosity that animates our creative spirit, inquisitive and intriguing PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri helps us to embrace this altered landscape of possibilities, opening us up to a new vision as we rewrite our lives. Rekindling gratitude for some of the qualities that blue represents complemented by a new perspective that resonates today, PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri places the future ahead in a new light.
“We are living in transformative times. PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri is a symbol of the global zeitgeist of the moment and the transition we are going through. As we emerge from an intense period of isolation, our notions and standards are changing, and our physical and digital lives have merged in new ways. Digital design helps us to stretch the limits of reality, opening the door to a dynamic virtual world where we can explore and create new color possibilities. With trends in gaming, the expanding popularity of the metaverse and rising artistic community in the digital space PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri illustrates the fusion of modern life and how color trends in the digital world are being manifested in the physical world and vice versa.”
So basically we will see this color being used in a variety of trends, from home decor to clothing.
Since “blue” is a rare color in nature, the periwinkle blue vinca vines I have on my limestone hillside add a lovely blue tone to my spring and summer garden. It’s been a personal favorite for years.
Pantone’s description of this color is very poetic and, interesting. I’m not sure I see all of what they describe in this “new” color but it is very pretty.
So why is this pertinent? The color will appear in clothing, bedding, Christmas ornaments and a variety of home decor so if you want to be trendy, this is the color to embrace.
