Pantone has introduced Cloud Dancer, a billowy white imbued with a feeling of serenity, as the Pantone Colour of the Year selection for 2026. Symbolizing a calming influence in a frenetic society, rediscovering the value of measured consideration and quiet reflection.
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Like a blank canvas, Cloud Dancer symbolizes our yearning for a fresh start. Letting go of old, limiting thought patterns creates space for new ideas to grow. Cloud Dancer’s calming effect soothes the mind, encouraging real relaxation and focus. When the mind is at ease, it can gently drift, allowing creativity to blossom and paving the way for exciting innovations.
One of this spring’s fashion trends is colour blocking. Usually, we associate spring fashion with soft florals and soothing pastels.
On the Paris runways, Loewe, Dior and Fendi were awash in rainbow-bright yellows, reds and greens, with some colour mixing for drama. But I have always found a woman in white attractive for breaking up any colour spectrum, regardless of the season.
Since the industrial revolution, white serves as a conscious statement of luxury, whether worn as a classic button-down, T-shirt, or jeans, or in activewear and suiting.
