Puma Suede Mid 21 'Black Viridian Green Red'
Colorway: Black/Viridian Green/High Risk Red · Style code: 380205-10 · Release date: December 20, 2021 · Price: $2452 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Puma Suede Mid 21 'Black' (380205-01) · Puma Suede Mid 21 'Quarry' (380205-02) · Puma Suede Mid 21 'High Risk Red' (380205-03) · Puma Suede Mid 21 'Green Gables' (380205-07) · Puma Suede Mid 21 'White Mineral Yellow' (380205-08)
Three colours on a mid-cut make this the busiest pair in its group: black across the upper, viridian green as the main accent, high risk red as the second. Puma dated it December 20, 2021. Viridian is the unusual element, a blue-leaning green that most sport palettes pass over in favour of something brighter, and setting it beside red on a black base produces a combination that has no business working as well as it does.
The black is what holds it together. On a white or grey base, green and red would compete directly; against black they read as separate marks on a neutral field and never actually meet. The taller collar also gives the design more surface to work with than a low top would, which is probably why this particular palette went on the higher cut. It is a winter shoe in every respect: released in December, dark enough to survive bad weather, cut high enough to keep the cold out. The brushed upper is the only argument against that, since the material has never been friendly to rain.