介绍： Pantone names its Color of the Year for 2026
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 white, “Cloud Dancer,” as its Color of the Year for 2026.
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介绍： Pantone names its Color of the Year for 2026
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 white, “Cloud Dancer,” as its Color of the Year for 2026.
The institute, which is considered a leading authority on color, forecasting trends and advising brands, described the shade as “a billowy, balanced white imbued with a feeling of serenity.”
As technology's grip on daily life tightens, Cloud Dancer represents a “calming influence in a frenetic society, rediscovering the value of measured consideration and quiet reflection,” Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the institute, told CNN.
The color is “associated with new beginnings” and “signifies our desire for a fresh start,” Eiseman said.
For the institute's team of experts, everything is filtered through the lens of color. So every year since 1999, the program has sought to “highlight how what is taking place in our macro-culture at a moment in time is expressed through the language of color,” Laurie Pressman, the institute's vice-president, told CNN.
To choose a color of the year, they sift through current cultural, political and style references, settle on a color family and then focus on the precise shade — paying close attention to its name, too.
“The color name is critical. The minute you hear a name describing color, you instantly conjure up an image,” Pressman said.
This precise shade of white, with its “equal balance of cool and warm undertones,” was carefully chosen, she added.
“Had we gone for a white that was more optically bright, not only does it take away from the natural feeling and honesty and authenticity that we're looking for … it almost speaks to sterility and isolationism, because it's cold,” she said.
While different shades of white have long been ubiquitous in fashion, Cloud Dancer specifically embodies billowing silhouettes and natural fabrics like feathers, Eiseman said.
zeitgeist /ˈtsaɪtˌɡaɪst/ n. 时代精神
📗 例句：The novel perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the 1990s.
（这部小说精准地捕捉了90年代的时代精神。）
🥝 搭配：cultural zeitgeist 文化思潮
imbue /ɪmˈbjuː/ v. 使充满，灌输
📗 例句：His speeches are imbued with a sense of hope.
（他的演讲充满了希望。）
🥝 搭配：imbue with feeling 充满感情
sift through /sɪft θruː/ v. 细查，筛选
📗 例句：She sifted through old photos to find the one she wanted.
（她仔细翻阅旧照片，想找到想要的那张。）
🥝 搭配：sift through data 筛选数据
conjure up /ˈkʌndʒər ʌp/ v. 使人想起，唤起
📗 例句：The smell of rain conjures up memories of my childhood.
（雨的气息唤起了我童年的记忆。）
🥝 搭配：conjure up an image 唤起一幅画面
silhouette /ˌsɪluˈet/ n. 轮廓，剪影
📗 例句：The mountain's silhouette was clear against the evening sky.
（群山在夜空下轮廓分明。）
🥝 搭配：billowy silhouette 蓬松的轮廓