The Omicron wave washed over the holiday season, but the start to the year is purple.
The color of the year is very peri, a periwinkle blue that "shows a joyful attitude." Orchid Flower, a deep magenta that "creates a sense of positivity and escapism" will define 2022, according to a trend-spotting agency based in London. Both vibrate with a saturated vividness.
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Orchid Flower has a hint of purple that appeals to both men and women. It could be the next pink, the range of dusty rose to cotton candy colors that ruled the design world after Pantone dubbed "rose quartz" the color of 2016
Jenny Clark, head of color at WGSN, told Insider that millennium pink was one of the important colors that captured the Zeitgeist. It was gender neutral and it felt empowering, youthful, playful, and, most importantly, Wearable.
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It kicked off the trend of generational colors that align with social and economic movements capturing the mood of a group of people with common life experiences. The pink of the 2000s was a representation of gender equality and non-violence, and was appealing to the generation that was dealing with debt and the financial crisis.
The economy can affect consumers' color choices. During a recession, they look for familiar colors like brown, neutrals, and blacks. They're more timeless than bright colors, which makes it seem like a riskier investment.
She said that when the economy is stronger and the outlook is more positive, we tend to see a lot more brights and neons.
It looks like the shared purple revelry of Very Peri and Orchid Flower, which signal a hopeful outlook in the face of two very long, hard years.
The rise of pink is a neutral.
The National Breast Cancer Foundation and Wes Anderson's "Grand Budapest Hotel" are two examples of Pink's influence going back to the 1950s.
Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute, told Insider that the color's gender blur is the real tipping point for its popularity. Pink and blue became gender markers in toy advertisements in the '50s. The color associations were challenged by the young people in the 2010s.
The pink is gender neutral.
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Laura Guido-Clark of Love Good Color explained to Insider that pink was a "genderless" meaning and that it was popular with the younger generation. It was a representation of the neutrality for a whole generation who cared about gender diversity and openness.
Pressman explained that designers played to the young people who didn't want gender labels holding them back and showed them the same colors, silhouettes, and styles.
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The cultural shift turned pink into "millennial pink", a more delicate shade with blush, rose, and beige undertones. Clark said that it echoed the health boom of the 2010s. It trickled from the runway into interiors, products design, and branding, from Le Creuset cookware to Starbucks drinks. It became a core color with neutrals, navy, and white and black.
The color of school buses and taxi cabs is Gen Z Yellow.
Generations have been able to define new color shifts because of social media.
Haley Nahman noticed that "Gen Z yellow" replaced "millennial pink" on her feed. She introduced the world to the sunnier shade in an article. It was the color of the year in 2021.
The runways have Gen Z yellow on them.
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Gen Z yellow represents a need for change. Pressman said that yellow is a symbol of hope for the future, and it's a light for Gen Z, who fears repeating the money problems of their predecessors.
It's a sign of loyalty. She said that a generation of digital natives who are used to looking at colorful symbols rather than text are using the power of color to tell their story.
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The generation was at the forefront of activism due to school shootings, climate crisis and the Trump administration. The perfect color for the generation is yellow. She explained that the first color you see in a wavelength is the one that Gen Z needs to respond to future economic challenges in.
She said that when the world gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Gen Z is doing that.
There is color in a post-covid world.
Less than 5% of designers said that pink would be popular in 2022, with bold colors like yellow and purple taking over. She says that the soft pink is just evolving into a bolder shade like Orchid Flower.
The pink is now called Orchid Flower.
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This shift has been made more powerful by the Pandemic. "What we've endure as an entire world, is the idea of wanting something hopeful, bright, and optimistic when you have these brighter, more energetic cues," said Guido-Clark. "I think of things as being connected to human need and that we're responding to social, political, economic, and emotional environments."
The Y2K wear Gen Z adopted as vaccinations rolled out explains a lot. Gen Z yellow has the potential to dominate thanks to its global reach, but it will be hard to overtake the pink generation because of itsckleness. She said that yellow can evoke anxiety in some shades.
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It could signal a brighter economic outlook if the emerging purple undertones of Very Peri and Orchid Flower are any indication. She said Gen Z's interest in astrology and solidarity jives with purple being associated with spirituality and mysticism.
She thinks of pink as the human heart and a color of peace. It hasn't seen its day yet.
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