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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Emma Joyce explains it to Nick Miller

A minimalist statement or just Pantonedeaf? ‘Cloud dancer’ shade of white named Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year

white clouds in a blue sky
Cloud dancer, a ‘billowy, balanced white’ has been named Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year. Photograph: Pantone

Hi, Emma! I’m so pumped to find out what colour 2026 is going to be. Fill me in!

Brace yourself, Nick. Every year since 1999 Pantone chooses a colour for the year, a representation of the zeitgeist – from how we’re feeling to what we’re wearing, how we’re styling our homes and even our eyebrows. Last year’s was the darker shade of beige “mocha mousse”, the year before that was the soft, warm “peach fuzz”.

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