Against a backdrop of rising white nationalism, the ‘global authority on colour’ has chosen white as the shade of 2026. Four experts wade in on the implications for everything from interior design ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There’s a kind of white that doesn’t belong to walls or paint chips held up to a window. It belongs to screens and ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Pantone has named its Color of the Year for 2026, and the choice is quietly telling ...

For anyone who has spent years renting, staring at the same landlord-approved magnolia walls and dreaming of one day adding some actual personality to their home, Pantone's 2026 Colour of the Year ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Spotify Wrapped is out, the word of the year has been announced and now it is time for colour of the year. The hue for 2026 according to design experts is a billowy white imbued with serenity known as ...

The choice by Pantone to make a white shade called Cloud Dancer the 2026 color of the year has been met with swift backlash online from color enthusiasts who’ve slammed the decision as a boring and ...

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A “billowy white imbued with a feeling of serenity”. Meet Cloud Dancer, Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year. The colour, also known as Pantone 11-4201, has an “aerated presence” which acted as “a ...