Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year Is A Fresh Start For Interior Design

For Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer (PANTONE 11-4201) was chosen – a soft, airy white tone that marks the first time the company has picked a shade of white since it began naming “colors of the year”. Rather than a stark or clinical white, Cloud Dancer is described as a “billowy, balanced white imbued with a feeling of serenity”. Pantone emphasizes its subtle equilibrium — it is...