The Pantone company built a business by standardizing the way designers and companies communicate about color. But one artist is challenging their color monopoly. The human eye can detect about a ...

As 2025's cultural retrospectives begin to trickle in (read: Spotify Wrapped or Oxford's word of the year), Pantone is not to be outdone. The famed color factory on Thursday, Dec. 4, released its ...

Pantone has named 'Cloud Dancer' (PANTONE 11-4201) as its 2026 Color of the Year. The color is described as a natural, billowy white meant to evoke tranquility and peace. Cloud Dancer follows the 2025 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Pantone has been the industry-standard color language for 60 years. Its tools ensure that color looks the same, no matter where in the world it's printed. If you design ...

The 2026 Shade of the Year is Cloud Dancer, which is meant to symbolize "a calming influence in a society" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working ...