But for the first time ever, Pantone’s color is essentially a non-color. Or you could call it every color. Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is a white. In Pantone language, that’s code 11-4201—aka ...

It’s hardly a colorful choice. Since 1999, Pantone, the global color authority and provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions for the design community, has announced their ...

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 ...

A Brazilian artist is challenging the boundaries of race and cultural identity by matching human skin tones to the Pantone colour chart. While finding exactly the right shade of grey to paint your ...

CARLSTADT, N.J. — Pantone, an influential color standards company, has picked Cloud Dancer as its Color of the Year for 2026. Cloud Dancer is a soft, light white. This is the first time Pantone has ...

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 ...

The Pantone Color of the Year 2026 is PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, "a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection." Pantone says ...

Designers give their Pantone 2025 Color of the Year predictions. Clues from the fashion, interior design and tech worlds inform their choices. Color consultant Laury Rosenthal displays paint samples ...

Pantone has named 'Cloud Dancer' (PANTONE 11-4201) as its 2026 Color of the Year. The color is described as a natural, billowy white meant to evoke tranquility and peace. Cloud Dancer follows the 2025 ...

For its evocative nature and warmth, Pantone 17-1230 mocha mousse was selected as Pantone’s 2025 color of the year. Pantone Color Institute Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman artfully describes mocha ...