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THE ART OF COLOR SELECTION The practice of choosing a “Color of the Year” dates back to 2000, when the color experts at the Pantone Institute selected Cerulean Blue based on designer color
selections and modern trends. Now, paint companies and color experts also choose their own Color of the Year. The selections tend to be diverse: In 2021, the top shades came from across the
color palette: Behr chose Canyon Dusk and Glidden selected Aqua Fiesta while Pantone bet on Ultimate Grey. The latest choices were nearly unanimous: Green was a strong “go” for 2022. At
Sherwin-Williams, the global forecast team spends months researching global color and design trends to develop its annual Colormix Forecast, which includes the hue that’s named Color of the
Year. Sue Wadden, director of color marketing for Sherwin-Williams, describes Evergreen Fog, the medium green that the paint retailer chose as its 2022 Color of the Year, as a “fresh and
reimagined version of a nostalgic green” that can add organic color to a home. “We’ve been seeing that neutrals are warming up, sustainability and organic living are key design trends and
organic textiles and natural materials are huge in home and design right now,” she says. “Specifically, there’s been an uptick in interest in greens both anecdotally and in Google and
Pinterest search trends.… Green is calming and restorative yet also invigorating [and] speaks to our historic collective experience.”