At 96, Pantone inventor Lawrence Herbert gets his due in ‘The King of Color,’ a documentary about the man who brought order to a chaotic 1950s world of color. Patrick Creadon is the director and ...

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 ...

Pantone has revealed Cloud Dancer, a calming white shade, as the 2026 Color of the Year. Pantone has revealed Cloud Dancer, a calming white shade, as the 2026 Color of the Year. Pantone has revealed ...

The Cloud Dancer white represents a desire for finding calm and self-care, reflecting Pantone's research of societal values throughout 2025. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering ...

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 ...

The selection is described as a "calming influence." The Pantone Color Institute has officially unveiled its 2026 Color of the Year. The Color Institute, a consulting service within Pantone, a design ...

The 2026 Shade of the Year is Cloud Dancer, which is meant to symbolize "a calming influence in a society" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...