Pantone Color of the Year 2026: Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer(pantone.com)
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Pantone Color of the Year 2026: Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer
https://www.pantone.com/color-of-the-year/2026
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Gemini. Or a Claude. Delicious slop.
Gemini. Or a Claude. Delicious slop.
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Great idea. @mods @dlang @everyone Can we add this???????????????
Pantone is a business, so I guess this is what they assume will sell next year, but is a bland, boring, sad "colour".
It would have been nice if they had gone: The world is a bland, boring and people are losing optimism, so we're going to make the colour for 2026 be a bright pink, yellow, green and encourage designers and product people to use as much colour as possible.
It would have been nice if they had gone: The world is a bland, boring and people are losing optimism, so we're going to make the colour for 2026 be a bright pink, yellow, green and encourage designers and product people to use as much colour as possible.
So… millennial gray, like the meme?
As a color company, I'm surprised they didn't lean into some of the current trends that involve shocks of bright color. I'm seeing a lot of Y2K-inspired design, holographic/dichroic color, and super expressive packaging. There are some GenZ/GenA pastel trends, but I do think these pastels have a Millennial stigma.
Also known as, Millennial Gray.
Such a boring color. Sad :(
when i found out that pantone was purchased by xrite i didn't know who xrite was. now im of the opinion they do color right-er.
Idk if what the world needs right now is more boring gray. We are looking at houses right now and that is everywhere in the Covid renovations and I’m sick of it.
Feels like an Onion article. Off-white? Really?
Dirty white.
pantone-11-4201-thinking (beige slop)
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```css
:root { /* Core / --cloud-dancer: #F0EEE9; / Pantone 11-4201 approximation /
} ```