A Marriage of Enduring and Exuberant Color Reflects a Communal Expression of Creativity.

Pantone LLC, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, released the Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report Autumn/Winter 2021/2022 edition for New York Fashion Week.

Published for the fashion industry by the Pantone Color Institute™, the trend forecasting and color consultancy, this season’s report features the top ten standout colors, as well as current takes on the four core classics we can expect to see as fashion designers introduce their new autumn/winter collections.

According to Pantone Color Institute experts, colors for Autumn/Winter 2021/2022 New York emphasize our desire for a versatile range of color that embraces and accommodates the various possibilities of our bifurcated lifestyle; colors that encourage personal expression whether sensible or quirky; colors that embrace the calm and healing as well as express a rainbow of hope and joyfulness.

Offering a range of pragmatic hues infused with vivifying bright pops, colors for Autumn/Winter 2021/2022 offer a plethora of possibilities that support our lifestyle of continual reinvention and convey a promise of reemergence.
— Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute.

Autumn/Winter 2021/2022 NYFW Color Palette:

Enduring and exuberant colors come together to create a palette inspiring creativity and reinvention.

PANTONE 18-4434 Mykonos Blue: A brisk blue evocative of the Aegean Sea.

PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating: Friendly and joyful, an optimistic yellow offering the promise of a sunny day.

PANTONE 18-6022 Leprechaun: Leprechaun is a wondrous green hue emblematic of the mythical imps featured in Irish folklore.

PANTONE 18-2330 Fuchsia Fedora: Vivid Fuchsia Fedora is a flirtatious, bold pink with allure.

PANTONE 13-1716 Pale Rosette: An endearing and gentle romantic pink.

PANTONE 17-1340 Adobe: Adobe is a warm and supportive sun-dried clay.

PANTONE 18-1453 Fire Whirl: A vigorous red with a dynamic presence.

PANTONE 19-3838 Rhodonite: Rhodonite is a balancing blue-based purple that aids in achieving one’s highest potential.

PANTONE 18-4221 Spring Lake: A quiet and restful mid-tone blue.

PANTONE 19-1228 Root Beer: An herbal brown tone symbolic of the root bark of the sassafras tree.

About the Autumn/Winter 2021/2022 Core Classics:

Core hues whose versatility transcends the seasons and allows for more freedom of choice.

PANTONE 11-1007 Coconut Cream: A thick and rich velvety white.

PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray: Quietly assuring and reliable gray encouraging composure.

PANTONE 13-0919 Soybean: Soybean is a mild and companionable blonde beige.

PANTONE 18-0527 Olive Branch: A tasteful green symbolic of growth.

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Stock x Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report

To support the Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report for Autumn/Winter 2021/2022 for NY and London, Pantone has partnered with Adobe Stock to curate a collection of images that reflect the palette of ten top fashion colors as well as four core classics. With millions of visual assets, Adobe Stock is an amazing resource for creatives to seek visual inspiration and creative development.

Fashion Color Trend Report

The colors featured in the semiannual Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report are selected from the Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors Color System, the most widely used and recognized color standards system for fashion, textile, home, and interior design. Each season, the Pantone Color Institute issues the Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report as semiannual color trend forecasts for the upcoming season, highlighting the top colors you can expect to see at New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week. The Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report serves as a color reference throughout the season for fashion enthusiasts, reporters, and retailers.

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