It wasn't the color of the year. And then when the reception was ... strength and self-expression without restraint. 2022: Very Peri Pantone 17-3938 What does the "happiest and warmest of all ...

It's official: 2023 is the year of magenta. That's according to the Pantone Color Institute, the authoritative consultancy that's christened an "it color" every year for more than two decades.