Pantone’s Color of the Year: Viva Magenta 18-1750.
Experts from the Color Institute have decreed Pantone Color 2023: 18-1750 Viva Magenta. It vibrates with vim and vigor. It is a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a new signal of strength. It is brave and fearless, and a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic celebration, writing a new narrative.
Powerful and empowering.
It is a new animated red that revels in pure joy, encouraging experimentation and self-expression without restraint, an electrifying, and a boundaryless shade that is manifesting as a stand-out statement. Pantone 18-1750 Viva Magenta welcomes anyone and everyone with the same verve for life and rebellious spirit. It is a color that is audacious, full of wit and inclusive of all.
Why this choice?
The answer comes from Leatrice Eiseman Executive Director, Pantone Color Institute: “In this age of technology, we look to draw inspiration from nature and what is real. Pantone 18-1750 Viva Magenta descends from the red family, and is inspired by the red of cochineal, one of the most precious dyes belonging to the natural dye family as well as one of the strongest and brightest the world has known. Rooted in the primordial, Pantone 18-1750 Viva Magenta reconnects us to original matter. Invoking the forces of nature, Pantone E 18-1750 Viva Magenta galvanizes our spirit, helping us to build our inner strength”.