New York Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2021/2022

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,” said Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute.

About the 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 sundried 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 midtone 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 endures.

PANTONE 11-1007

Coconut Cream

A thick and rich velvety white.

PANTONE 17-5104

Ultimate Gray

Quietly assuring and reliable, Ultimate Gray encourages composure.

PANTONE 13-0919

Soybean

Soybean is a mild and companionable blonde beige.

PANTONE 18-0527

Olive Branch

A tasteful green symbolic of growth.