This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There’s a kind of white that doesn’t belong to walls or paint chips held up to a window. It belongs to screens and ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Pantone has named its Color of the Year for 2026, and the choice is quietly telling ...

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 choosing a shade of white for the 2026 Color of the Year sparked progressive backlash over the weekend comparable to the reaction to the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad. On Thursday, Pantone, ...

Pantone has unveiled its 2026 colour of the year, and for the first time in 26 years, it’s a shade of white. But “Cloud Dancer” is already sparking heated debate across the design world and social ...

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.” ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The results are in as Pantone has named Cloud Dancer as its 2026 Color of the Year, marking the first time the ...

Pantone's Colour of the Year for 2025 was Mocha Mousse (PANTONE 17-1230). Colour of the Year 2026: The Pantone Colour Institute has officially chosen its Colour of the Year, and it’s a sweep away from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pantone has revealed its Color of the Year for 2026! “Cloud Dancer” is “a billowy white imbued with a feeling of serenity,” Pantone said on their website. The white hue “serves as a symbol of calming ...