The Pantone Color Institute probably didn’t mean to kick off the new year with fighting words, but that seems to be what happened. “White is a conciliatory color,” Laurie Pressman, Pantone’s vice ...

Pantone has officially crowned 'Cloud Dancer' —a soft, milky white tagged as Pantone 11-4201—as the Colour of the Year 2026. Unlike the vivid tones that have dominated recent years, this shade ...

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, ...

The 2026 Pantone Colour of the Year was announced last week. The new shade is 11-4201 Cloud Dancer which is described as a ‘billowy white’, and it’s left many people feeling disappointed. The Pantone ...

A couple of days ago, Pantone announced Cloud Dancer, a "billowy, balanced white", as the 2026 Colour of the Year. "A lofty white whose aerated presence acts as a whisper of calm in a noisy world," ...

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.” ...

Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year Choice, Cloud Dancer, is being read as everything from a soothing reset to a politically tone-deaf choice in a year marked by DEI rollbacks. Some have claimed that ...

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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 ...

When “Cloud Dancer” was first announced as the Pantone Color of the Year for 2026, there was more than one complaint. Online critics felt the slightly off-white shade was politically tone-deaf at best ...

Pantone has unveiled its 2026 color of year: Cloud Dancer (11-4201). “A symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection” — that’s how the company describes the ...