Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is getting some serious shade. On Thursday, December 4, the company announced that PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer was their color of the year, posting an Instagram video ...

Pantone has officially announced its color of the year for 2026 — and social media is… not having it. The color authority chose a crisp white hue called Cloud Dancer (Pantone 17-1230), describing it ...

The 2026 Shade of the Year is Cloud Dancer, which is meant to symbolize "a calming influence in a society" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

Reporter Pantone has named its eagerly anticipated annual color of the year for 2026, choosing a “billowy, balanced white” named Cloud Dancer. The self-described “global color authority” claims that ...

Ahead of Pantone’s December 4 announcement of its 27th Color of the Year, explore the complete history of selections that have shaped design trends and reflected our collective mood. Pantone will ...

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The old adage of eschewing white after Labor Day is officially over. Today, Pantone announced that 2026’s Color of the Year is their 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, a soft shade of bright white evoking Kazemir ...

With “Cloud Dancer,” Pantone has named a color as the Color of the Year 2026 that exudes calm, lightness, and timeless ...

The December announcement of Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year — “Cloud Dancer” — will influence the palettes of industries ranging from fashion and interior design to automobiles and global marketing, ...