The release of Cloud Dancer, the Pantone Color of the Year for 2026, has inspired a nostalgic look at Pantone’s picks from 2000 to today.

Each year, since the turn of the millennium, word arrives from on high: Pantone, the self-described world's authority on color, announces its Color of the Year. On Thursday, Pantone declared "Mocha ...

The Pantone company built a business by standardizing the way designers and companies communicate about color. But one artist is challenging their color monopoly. The human eye can detect about a ...

After a year of hardship – shootings, war and uncertainty regarding artificial intelligence – the Pantone Color Institute has announced that Peach Fuzz, a warm and fuzzy hue between pink and orange, ...

After a year of hardship — shootings, war and uncertainty regarding artificial intelligence — the Pantone Color Institute has announced that Peach Fuzz, a warm and fuzzy hue between pink and orange, ...

This is just one of many color-related phrases that Pressman, who serves as the vice president of the Pantone Color Institute, repeats like mantras: red is passion and energy; blue is seriousness and ...

The following article is a written adaptation of an episode of Thrilling Tales of Modern Capitalism, Slate’s new podcast about companies in the news and how they got there. Pantone’s founder once said ...