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 ...

Woke white women have been melting down over Pantone revealing its annual Color of the Year is a shade of white — with some raging that the choice is tone-deaf and is proof that the “whitewashing of ...

Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer, highlights the design power of off-whites. But lighting and undertones can make or break neutrals. Designers share their favorites. London-based Argent ...

It’s hardly a colorful choice. Since 1999, Pantone, the global color authority and provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions for the design community, has announced their ...

Apparently, Pantone’s “Color of the Year” is causing a stir, and it’s for the dumbest reason you can imagine. The 2026 “Color of the Year” is “Cloud […] ...

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 11 ...

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 ...

This 'Sound Off' explores Pantone's Color of the Year 2026 controversy. In December 2025, the institute selected an off-white ...

MANILA, Philippines — Pantone is going white for 2026 as it revealed Cloud Dancer as its newest Color of the Year. The shade with the code 11-4201 was described by Pantone as "a lofty white neutral ...

Is "Cloud Dancer" a serene “billowy white,” a political statement or the design industry’s admission that no one actually chose anything this year?