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 — see TCX vs TPX vs TPG. HEX values are approximate screen values per Wikipedia, not official Pantone® values. 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
Color of the Year: questions
- What is the Pantone® Color of the Year 2026?
- Pantone® 11-4201 TCX Cloud Dancer. Pantone has named a Color of the Year every year since 2000; in 2016 and 2021 it named two colors together.
- What is the HEX code of Cloud Dancer?
- Cloud Dancer is approximately #F0EFEA on screen (RGB 240, 239, 234), per Wikipedia; the closest Pantone® C code in our data is Cool Gray 1 C (ΔE 4.9). This is a screen approximation, not an official Pantone® value: the TCX standard is dyed cotton.
- What does TCX mean in 11-4201 TCX?
- TCX stands for Textile Cotton eXtended: the standard is a swatch of dyed cotton from the Pantone® Fashion, Home + Interiors system, not a C code for printing on paper. The six digits are lightness, hue and chroma.
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.
- Wikipedia — Pantone, section «Color of the Year»
- npm package color-of-the-year (2000–2020)
- Textile World — Color of the Year 2021
- Design Milk — Color of the Year 2022
- Design Milk — Color of the Year 2023
- Fashion Trendsetter — Color of the Year 2024
- artcolor.blog — Color of the Year 2025
- NPR — Color of the Year 2026
- PRINTING United Alliance — Color of the Year 2026