The global color-industrial complex has spoken, and the verdict for 2026 is in: the future is white, specifically a shade called Cloud Dancer. After years of peachy pinks and cozy browns, the decision ...

Pantone has announced its highly anticipated pick for Color of the Year 2026: Cloud Dancer, a "lofty white" that is meant to provide a "calming influence in a frenetic society rediscovering the value ...

Pantone's Cloud Dancer, the Color of the Year for 2026. Credit - Courtesy Pantone Pantone has named its eagerly anticipated annual color of the year for 2026, choosing a “billowy, balanced white” ...

In a colorless move that, Pantone says, speaks to our collective longing for calmness, a clean slate, serenity, and focus, the New Jersey-based global color authority named Cloud Dancer — a billowy, ...

Pantone has chosen its 2026 Color of the Year, and depending on how you look at it, it could be colorless — or the reflection of every color. The "color?" White. Cloud Dancer (PANTONE 11-4201) to be ...

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 ...

Pantone dropped its 2026 Color of the Year, and reactions were instant. The shade is officially called Cloud Dancer (PANTONE 11-4201)—a soft, airy white the brand describes as “calming and fresh.” ...

The choice by Pantone to make a white shade called Cloud Dancer the 2026 color of the year has been met with swift backlash online from color enthusiasts who’ve slammed the decision as a boring and ...

In announcing the selection, the Pantone Color Institute highlights the growing desire to step back from overstimulation and to create conditions that encourage focus. Cloud Dancer is presented as a ...

Pantone named its lightest Color of the Year to date on Thursday: Cloud Dancer (11-4201), a neutral with a narrative that’s all about wiping the slate clean. The off-white shade was chosen as a ...

In a colorless move that, Pantone says, speaks to our collective longing for calmness, a clean slate, serenity, and focus, the New Jersey-based global color authority named Cloud Dancer — a billowy, ...