Five Palettes Inspired by the Pantone Color of the Year 2023

2023

The Pantone® Color of the Year 2023 is Viva Magenta. Get inspired with these five vibrant palettes that showcase this bold selection.

The Pantone Colour of the Year 2023

PANTONE Viva Magenta is the Pantone Color Institute’s Colour of the Year. The organization emphasizes that this year’s choice is rooted in nature and signals strength, optimism and joy. These five palettes explore ways to capture the energy and spirit of this selection to bring vibrance to home and commercial design.

Amplitude

This palette has it all — sophistication, drama and shine. Clementine and Viva Magenta immediately draw the eye while the Polished Copper DecoMetal® Laminate adds sparkle. Copper Quartz Everform® Solid Surface brings in texture and a transition to the darker color laminates, Navy Grafix and Graphite. These ground the palette with the depth of their full-bodied shades while allowing Viva Magenta’s hint of coolness to emerge.

Patterns in this palette:

2962 Clementine HPL
7018 Navy Grafix HPL
772 Copper Quartz Everform® Solid Surface
837 Graphite HPL
M9426 Polished Copper DecoMetal® Laminate

Poise

This is a palette that explores the opposing forces of the colour wheel with shades that are alternately warm and cool, light and dark. The textured base of Layered Sand enables the brighter elements to pop. The Just Rose and Jadeite laminates and Wheat Matrix Everform® Solid Surface offer artful calibration. Night Forest and Viva Magenta support and enhance one another to inject a feeling of liveliness and visual vibration.

Patterns in this palette:

1198 Jadeite HPL
333 Wheat Matrix Everform® Solid Surface
8244 Night Forest HPL
8858 Just Rose HPL
9511 Layered Sand HPL

Counterbalance

Here we have a beautifully weighted integration of rich colours reminiscent of a bowl of berries. These looks pull from familiar jewel tones to complement but soften the attention-getting Viva Magenta. New Burgundy offers a similar red tone with both warm and cool underpinnings that play up the cools of the three blue laminates and the Bottle Glass Quartz Everform® Solid Surface. Copper Patina DecoMetal® Laminate adds a warm, earthy vibe with gradients that move from light to dark.

Patterns in this palette:

770 Bottle Glass Quartz Everform® Solid Surface
7966 New Burgundy HPL
851 Spectrum Blue HPL
8795 Matrix Blue HPL
8822 Denim HPL
M9424 Copper Patina DecoMetal® Laminate

Glow

Viva Magenta brings spark to this otherwise placid, neutral palette, which is an exploration of cozy beiges and browns. With a mixture of cool and warm tones, Neapolitan Stone 180fx® Laminate anchors this collection, and the richness of Planked Coffee Oak adds depth. The Earth, Otter and Blush laminates pair with Portofino Mineral Everform® Solid Surface to diversify and further ground the overall composition with soft tones.

Patterns in this palette:

3202 Otter HPL
5342-ML Earth
7404 Neapolitan Stone 180fx® Laminate
7413-PG Planked Coffee Oak HPL
766 Portofino Mineral Everform® Solid Surface
8238 Blush HPL

Spring Terrace

With its muted, spa-like shades, this look is the opposite of the Counterbalance palette. Viva Magenta is an eye-grabbing colour amongst pastels that brings passion to a romantic collection that evokes cherry blossoms in spring. All other components are light and airy, taking their inspiration from nature. Even the Swede Rift Oak woodgrain and Brushed Brasstoned Aluminum DecoMetal® Laminate are light and muted.

Patterns in this palette:

758 Bianco Mineral Everform® Solid Surface
7872 Moonstone HPL
8676 Swede Rift Oak HPL
8683 Glass Cloth HPL
8858 Just Rose HPL
M2042 Brushed Brasstoned Aluminum DecoMetal® Laminate

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