Our best-selling guide for design inspiration, color specification, and printing accuracy is now available as a limited edition to celebrate the Pantone Color of the Year 2026. This special edition coated and uncoated set features a beautiful soft-touch cover in PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, a lofty white whose aerated presence acts as a whisper of calm in a noisy world. A billowy and ethereal hue, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer is a conscious statement of simplification in a frenetic society rediscovering the value of measured consideration and quiet reflection. Similar to a blank canvas, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer signifies our desire for a fresh start—opening up space for creativity and allowing our imagination to wander so that new insights and bold ideas can emerge and take shape. Inside you’ll find a full page of Cloud Dancer, more about why we selected the color for 2026, and a complete history of past Pantone Colors of the Year.
PANTONE FORMULA GUIDE COLOR OF THE YEAR 2026- LIMITED EDITION
- Helps ensure consistent color reproduction in branding, logos, marketing, packaging and other graphic design applications on a range of different materials
- Portable, handheld fan decks provide easy on-the-go reference
- Versatile end-to-end tool for everything from design inspiration to press check
- Printed on most commonly used paper stock weights: 100 lb (168 gsm) coated and 80 lb uncoated (118 gsm)
- Lighting indicator page demonstrates when lighting conditions are suitable for proper color evaluation
- Considered the ultimate tool for inspiring, matching and communicating color to those in graphic design, digital design, product design and printing