December 2025 Color Alert®
Wonder • Celebratory • Inclusive
As a new year beckons, bringing with it a renewed sense of wonder, flip the calendar to a hue that is upbeat, bright, and confidently in control.
With six generations currently influencing the design zeitgeist, and a seventh on the horizon, recognizing the shared emotions and self-worth that connect us across generations is essential for creating unity. Enter, Wonder. This high-chroma color, paired with laser-sharp focus, is designed to inspire positive, vibrant connections and meaningful communication.
Created during Color Marketing Group’s Asia Pacific Forecasting sessions in 2023, for emergence in 2025 and beyond, Wonder is a powerful orange that embodies boundless energy, creativity, and pure joy.
As we embrace a new era of multi-sensory interaction and seek deeper, more authentic connections, Wonder emerges as a color of inclusivity. It transcends age and gender, becoming a celebration of diversity and a catalyst for belonging. It’s a lot for one color to take on, but Wonder rises to the challenge. Bold in any finish, it is especially striking in high gloss, yet equally warm and welcoming in a completely matte treatment.
In home décor and accessories, Wonder acts as a visual exclamation point. It will enliven dishware, linens, pillows, rugs, and more, pieces destined to be both cherished and shared. It brings vibrancy to muted palettes of olive, tan, and brown, evoking a camouflage that wants to be seen. It also warms cool interiors of sky blue, navy, and lavender, offering a bold contrast that adds dimension and energy. A surprising yet effective pairing is Wonder with grey, transforming the latter’s neutrality into a sharp, modern statement that feels both eye-opening and inviting.
Wonder is poised to make a significant impact on the sporting goods and visual communications industries. Its high chroma delivers triumphant identities, whether on a racket, a ball, shoes, or performance wear. In visual communications, this vibrant orange commands attention on screens and in print, holding its own alongside both light and dark color values while offering high contrast with other hues.
A color that radiates energy, joy, and unity, Wonder is truly wonder-full.
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About CMG's Color Alert®
Color Alert is an exciting monthly feature from Color Marketing Group® (CMG), illuminating one color each month from our World Color Forecast™ and validating our color predictions in the market. As a color litmus test, and drawing from North American, European, Latin American, and the Asia Pacific directional Forecasts, Color Alert brings CMG's directional color stories to life, whether seen on store shelves, cruising along highways, or strutting fashion runways.
Color Marketing Group holds Color Forecasting Workshops - ChromaZones - and international Color Conferences to determine color direction approximately two years in advance (depending on industry). For instance, colors for 2025 were forecast back in 2023. As the year unfolds we reveal one color per month. The results from these events are consolidated to form CMG's World Color Forecast which is revealed annually at CMG's International Summit.
Color Marketing Group is ready to share the excitement of color on an international scale and Color Alert lets the world know that CMG members are spot on with color direction. The eyes of its members are keen on the current emergence of color while staying focused on future hues. Knowledge, discovery, direction, and affirmation make Color Marketing Group the premier international association for color design professionals, and Color Alert allows us to share it with the world.