Il Pantone Color Institute has just revealed the Pantone Color of the Year 2026, the color that will define styles and trends across all fields in the coming year. It is PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, an ethereal white that conveys calm and serenity in a hectic society to rediscover the value of reflection and tranquility. 

Cloud Dancer: space for creativity

Color-that-is-not-a-color, Cloud Dancer resembles a blank canvas and expresses the desire for a new beginning. It calms the mind, invites relaxation and focus, allowing thoughts to wander and creativity to breathe, making room for innovation. 

As Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, explains, "in this moment of transformation, as we reimagine our future and our place in the world, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer is a subtle shade of white that offers a promise of clarity"; and Laurie Pressman, Vice-President of the Pantone Color Institute, adds: "Airy white, Cloud Dancer opens the way to creativity, allowing our imagination to roam so that new insights and bold ideas can emerge and take shape". 

Cloud Dancer in furniture and interior design

In the world of furniture, Cloud Dancer appears as a key color whose versatility serves as a neutral base capable of dialoguing with the entire color spectrum. Extremely versatile, this shade adapts, harmonizes and creates contrast, bringing a sense of lightness to all product applications and environments, whether used alone or combined with other colors. A hue that not only illuminates but redefines spaces, making them more fluid, airy and sophisticated. Cloud Dancer in bathrooms creates a spa effect, while visually expanding kitchen spaces and adding elegance to the living area with sofas in a new classic key.