No sooner had Pantone announced its Color of the Year pick for 2026 than the debate and commentary began on the worthiness of its choice. Pantone went with white — Cloud Dancer, Pantone 11-4201, to be ...

With the new year just weeks away, the color experts at Pantone have declared 2026's official Color of the Year is "Cloud Dancer." Cloud Dancer is "a billowy, balanced white imbued with a feeling of ...

When the color experts at Pantone announced Cloud Dancer as their 2026 Color of the Year, they predicted the shade would inspire a kind of cool calm. But the choice of Cloud Dancer, which Pantone ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since the 1950s, the company Pantone has helped designers match the colors they see onscreen to what they see in the real world. This color standardization process means that, for example, a poster ...