January 31, 2023

By Isabelle Corvin, CG, Staff Gemologist at Panowicz Jewelers If you haven’t heard the news by now, Pantone’s Color for 2023 is the rich, and always beautiful Viva Magenta (18-1750). While the hue can vary from pinkish to purplish to reddish, the saturation is always high with magenta, rendering a bright, vivid color. On color wheels, magenta is usually located exactly between blue and red. Likewise, when screens, such as a computer, transmit magenta, they do so by combining equal amounts of red and blue. Complementary colors to magenta are often said to be greens and blacks. Viva Magenta, is