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 ...

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 ...

A shade of white will be the defining color of the next year. Get those stain-removing pens ready. By The Styles Desk Pantone, the self-styled color experts, have been predicting a “color of the year” ...

The political divide in the United States has now reached Pantone’s Color of the Year. The Pantone Color Institute has been selecting a color of the year since 1999, guided by “the color/colors that ...

At a time when the political significance of whiteness has been at the center of debates across United States and Europe, Pantone has named "Cloud Dancer," a shade of white, as its 2026 Color the Year ...

For many years, before the COVID-19 pandemic and the social media-ification of trend forecasting—and trends in general—Pantone had a firm grasp on the design world with its annual christening of the ...

Pantone has announced the official color of the year for 2026: a shade of white called “Cloud Dancer.” Also known as Pantone 11-4201, Cloud Dancer is “a billowy white imbued with a feeling of serenity ...

Since 1999, Pantone has been selecting a color that will characterize the culture of the year ahead. “We wanted to highlight to our audience how what is taking place in our global culture is expressed ...

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 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 ...