Ahead of Pantone’s December 4 announcement of its 27th Color of the Year, explore the complete history of selections that have shaped design trends and reflected our collective mood. Pantone will ...

The global color authority has selected a “warming rich” hue for its 26th Color of the Year Getty Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2025 is a big win for quiet luxury lovers! The global color authority ...

A soft, pinkish-orange hue called “Peach Fuzz” is Pantone’s pick for the 2024 color of the year, the company announced last week. Officially called “Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz,” the color is “velvety, ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’ll be honest: I think the whole Pantone “color of the year” thing is silly. I do, however, agree that color can be useful for organizational purposes — even when we’re applying Pantone numbers to ...

The 2026 Shade of the Year is Cloud Dancer, which is meant to symbolize "a calming influence in a society" Courtesy of Pantone On Dec. 4, Pantone announced its 2026 Color of the Year: Cloud Dancer ...

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Colors are tricky. If you’ve ever brought home a can of paint that you thought was taupe in the store but your partner points out looks “kinda pink” on the wall, you know how frustrating—and ...

Pantone is more than a color language for designers—it’s grown into a global design force. But is that good? The elaborate web of products represents the company’s strategic and unwavering quest to ...