October 9, 2025 - Pantone's 2025 Color of the Year is Mocha Mousse, a sophisticated brown that conveys both elegance and warmth. Pantone 17-1230 is a seamless blend of coffee and chocolate tones, offering a sense of thoughtful indulgence.

5 days ago - Then towards the end of each year (typically in early December), a defining colour for the forthcoming year – better known as the Colour of the Year (aka COTY) – is announced. Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Colour Institute, says there's 'a misconception that we gather a bunch of colour influencers in a room one day and emerge with the decision'.

16 hours ago - The person behind Pantone's Color of the Year, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute Leatrice Eiseman, explained in an interview how 2014's Color of the Year, Radiant Orchid, was chosen:

4 days ago - We're taking a look at every Pantone Color of the Year from 2000 to 2026, including the meaning behind each hue and how it reflects the evolving spirit of its time.

4 days ago - Capturing the cultural zeitgeist and trends for the year ahead is a tricky business. But every year, the Pantone Color Institute chooses a color to do precisely that. And it has settled on a shade of white, “Cloud Dancer,” as its Color of ...

December 7, 2023 - For the first time in the history of Pantone's Color of the Year, the Institute chose two colors for 2016: Rose Quartz and Serenity.

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1 week ago - This includes selecting the right brand color and adhering to color standards for consistency across various materials. The Institute also holds color education workshops and presentations, relaying the fundamentals of color theory. Pantone’s most well-known educational program is its Color of the Year.

5 days ago - Here is a great colour fact, courtesy of the announcement of Emerald as 2013’s Color of the Year. “The most abundant hue in nature, the human eye sees more green than any other colour in the spectrum,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.

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5 days ago - Pressman said in a 2023 interview on Pantone's website that there is no one meeting to decide on a color each year. Rather, members of the Pantone Color Institute, who come from a wide range of backgrounds, communicate throughout the year as ...

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5 hours ago - Pantone selected Cloud Dancer as its 2026 color of the year.

5 days ago - Pantone's color of the year for 2026 is Cloud Dancer, a 'billowy white' that is meant to bring calm to a chaotic world

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4 days ago - We're taking a look at every Pantone Color of the Year from 2000 to 2026, including the meaning behind each hue and how it reflects the evolving spirit of its time.

5 days ago - Cloud Dancer is the 2026 Pantone Color of the Year. ... As part of the announcement, Pantone also shared several different applications of PANTONE 11-4201 in areas such as beauty, fashion, home decor and multimedia design.

3 days ago - 4, the global color authority introduced the defining shade of the year to come: Cloud Dancer (PANTONE 11-4201), which they described on Instagram as a "lofty white neutral whose aerated presence acts as a whisper of calm and peace in a noisy world."

August 28, 2025 - We’ve dug through the archives to bring you a list of every Pantone color of the year for the last 10+ years.