Each year we look forward to Pantone’s color palette which helps guide fashion designers and interior decorators when they create their upcoming collections. There’s no doubt that colors have mood-altering effects and now more than ever with the pandemic, we could use some brightness and color in our lives.
This year, the Spring-Summer 2021 New York Fashion Week color palette’s shades include bright and soothing shades. There are ten standouts shades which include Marigold, Cerulean, Rust, Illuminating, French Blue, Green Ash, Burnt Coral, Mint, Amethyst Orchid, and Raspberry Sorbet as well as five classic shades which include Inkwell, Ultimate Gray, Buttercream, Desert Mist, and Willow.
“Here, we’ve got light, mid tone, bright and dark. What it’s playing to is this whole idea of more choices for people. The idea is that they have had so little choice in so many other areas of their lives in the last several months, let’s try to have some fun again. That’s what we’re looking for and fashion gives us that opportunity,” Pantone Color Institute’s executive director Leatrice Eiseman said about the colors.
Over the rest of New York Fashion Week this year, we expect variations in these colors to pop up in the designer’s collections and for home decor to be influenced by these new color trends.
