Pantone’s Color of the Year is Ultra Violet!

Patone Col­or of the Year 2018 — Ultra Vio­let Wed­ding Bou­quet by Flower Duet. Pho­to by Kit Wertz

First, let’s talk about Pantone’s Col­or of the Year 2018 — Ultra Vio­let! It’s fabulous…luxurious…and pairs so well with oth­er bright col­ors like green, yel­low and orange as well as mut­ed tones like mauve and gray. What is not to love?

From the Pan­tone press release:

“Com­plex and con­tem­pla­tive, Ultra Vio­let sug­gests the mys­ter­ies of the cos­mos, the intrigue of what lies ahead, and the dis­cov­er­ies beyond where we are now. The vast and lim­it­less night sky is sym­bol­ic of what is pos­si­ble and con­tin­ues to inspire the desire to pur­sue a world beyond our own.

Enig­mat­ic pur­ples have also long been sym­bol­ic of coun­ter­cul­ture, uncon­ven­tion­al­i­ty, and artis­tic bril­liance. Musi­cal icons Prince, David Bowie, and Jimi Hen­drix brought shades of Ultra Vio­let to the fore­front of west­ern pop cul­ture as per­son­al expres­sions of indi­vid­u­al­i­ty. Nuanced and full of emo­tion, the depth of PANTONE 18–3838 Ultra Vio­let sym­bol­izes exper­i­men­ta­tion and non-con­for­mi­ty, spurring indi­vid­u­als to imag­ine their unique mark on the world, and push bound­aries through cre­ative outlets.

His­tor­i­cal­ly, there has been a mys­ti­cal or spir­i­tu­al qual­i­ty attached to Ultra Vio­let. The col­or is often asso­ci­at­ed with mind­ful­ness prac­tices, which offer a high­er ground to those seek­ing refuge from today’s over-stim­u­lat­ed world. The use of pur­ple-toned light­ing in med­i­ta­tion spaces and oth­er gath­er­ing places ener­gizes the com­mu­ni­ties that gath­er there and inspire connection.”

Here are a few flow­ers that are great options to express this col­or for 2018!

Lisianthus

Veronica

Anemones

Freesia