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Pantone® Color of the Year

Since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute has named a Color of the Year. The 2026 color is Pantone® 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. In 2016 and 2021, two colors were named together. Below are all 29 colors from 2000 to 2026.

Note: Color of the Year codes belong to the Pantone® Fashion, Home + Interiors (TCX) system, not to the Pantone® C codes used in print. HEX values are community-sourced screen approximations, not official Pantone® values. Values marked «Unconfirmed» are the ones reference sites agree on but no second independent source confirms. Pantone® is a trademark of Pantone LLC; this site is not affiliated with Pantone.

Color of the Year 2026

All Colors of the Year, 2000–2025

Pantone® 18-1750 Viva Magenta color swatch, approximately #BB2649

2023

Viva Magenta

Pantone® 18-1750 TCX

≈ #BB2649RGB 187, 38, 73

Unconfirmed Reference sites agree on this HEX, but Pantone does not publish it openly and we found no second independent source.

Closest Pantone® C colors

Pantone® 17-3938 Very Peri color swatch, approximately #6667AB

2022

Very Peri

Pantone® 17-3938 TCX

≈ #6667ABRGB 102, 103, 171

Unconfirmed Reference sites agree on this HEX, but Pantone does not publish it openly and we found no second independent source.

Closest Pantone® C colors

Pantone® 13-0647 Illuminating color swatch, approximately #F5DF4D

2021

Illuminating

Pantone® 13-0647 TCX

≈ #F5DF4DRGB 245, 223, 77

Unconfirmed Reference sites agree on this HEX, but Pantone does not publish it openly and we found no second independent source.

Closest Pantone® C colors

Pantone® 17-5641 Emerald color swatch, approximately #009473

2013

Emerald

Pantone® 17-5641 TCX

≈ #009473RGB 0, 148, 115

Unconfirmed Reference sites agree on this HEX, but Pantone does not publish it openly and we found no second independent source.

Closest Pantone® C colors

Sources

Each year, name and code is confirmed by at least two of these sources. Each year also has its own page with contrast checks, palettes and closest Pantone® C colors.

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