If 2025 was all about bold and vibrant hair colours, then the hair colour trends of 2026 represent something of a gear shift. Warm, earthy and relaxed, the shades coming through are deeper and less ...

In April, a team of researchers reported a device enabled them to witness an intense green-blue colour that had never been seen by humans before. After the announcement, they were bombarded by ...

The shade follows predecessors Mocha Mousse, Peach Fuzz, Viva Magenta and Very Peri Pantone named Cloud Dancer, a serene white neutral, as its 2026 Color of the Year The shade symbolizes calm, ...

With the new year just weeks away, the color experts at Pantone have declared 2026's official Color of the Year is "Cloud Dancer." Cloud Dancer is "a billowy, balanced white imbued with a feeling of ...

The selection is described as a "calming influence." The Pantone Color Institute has officially unveiled its 2026 Color of the Year. The Color Institute, a consulting service within Pantone, a design ...

Capturing the cultural zeitgeist and trends for the year ahead is a tricky business. But every year, the Pantone Color Institute chooses a color to do precisely that. And it has settled on a shade of ...

Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is historic and, technically, not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority. The choice is ...

Ahead of Pantone’s December 4 announcement of its 27th Color of the Year, explore the complete history of selections that have shaped design trends and reflected our collective mood. Pantone will ...

Is the colour you see the same as what I see? It’s a question that has puzzled both philosophers and neuroscientists for decades, but has proved notoriously difficult to answer. Now, a study that ...

Scientists cannot say for certain, but new research suggests that different people’s brains respond similarly when looking at a particular hue. By Kenneth Chang After decades of brain research, ...