Spotlight Pantone unveils 2026 color of the year, and it may surprise you Anna Kaufman USA TODAY Dec 5, 2025 Dec 5, 2025 Updated Mar 9, 2026 0 1 of 3 Cloud Dancer, from Pantone Pantone, The Development The Tropical Tonalites pallete that accompanies Cloud Dancer Pantine Pantone's color of the year is Cloud Dancer. Pantone Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anna Kaufman USA TODAY 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.kAm%96 72>65 4@=@C 724E@CJ @? %9FCD52J C6=62D65 :ED D9256 @7 E96 FA4@>:?8 J62C[ @C A6C92AD >@C6 2AAC@AC:2E6=J 7@C a_ae[ :ED =24< @7 D9256] %96 4@>A2?JVD r@=@C x?DE:EFE6 AC@;64E65 E92E E96 DH2E49 >@DE 2AAC@AC:2E6 7@C ?6IE J62C :D r=@F5 s2?46C[ 56D4C:365 2D Q2 3:==@HJ[ 32=2?465 H9:E6 :>3F65 H:E9 2 766=:?8 @7 D6C6?:EJ]Qk^AmkAmz?@H? 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