
Today, the Pantone Color Institute Announced 'Cloud Dancer', a soft, dreamy, and warm off-white, as its Color of the Year. Below, color trend forecaster and member of the Institute, Jane Boddy, offers some reflection on how and why Pantone landed on this (perhaps) unexpected choice.
We are all feeling so tired right now from the nonstop bombardment of digital noise and the pace of the world in general. That sense of exhaustion shaped the decision to choose Cloud Dancer as a color trend that signals a reset, a moment to exhale and begin again.