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 ...

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 ...

If we could visualize the year ahead, what color would it be? The abstract thought is an annual consideration for the experts at the Pantone Color Institute, who trawl through high-fashion runways, ...

Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year reveals how design is responding to tech fatigue, emotional overload, and the search for ...

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A shade of white will be the defining color of the next year. Get those stain-removing pens ready. By The Styles Desk Pantone, the self-styled color experts, have been predicting a “color of the year” ...

Here's a fun board book about colors for kids of design geeks: Pantone Colors. Published last month by Abrams Appleseed, the oversized board book has eight colors plus shades of grey, and each spread ...