Ahead of Pantone’s December 4 announcement of its 27th Color of the Year, explore the complete history of selections that have shaped design trends and reflected our collective mood. Pantone will ...

Pantone has unveiled its 2026 color of year: Cloud Dancer (11-4201). “A symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection” — that’s how the company describes the ...

The selection is described as a "calming influence." The Pantone Color Institute has officially unveiled its 2026 Color of the Year. The Color Institute, a consulting service within Pantone, a design ...

Physicists and vision scientists are lining up behind a provocative claim: the rich color we call purple is not a property of light at all, but a story the brain tells itself. Light in the real world ...