Pantone names its Color of the Year for 2026

Channel 3000 News/CNN ^ | December 4, 2025 | CNN Bitter LOSERS

[AceMineral]

Looks like a very light green to me.

[Bigg Red]

I am a woman, and I do, indeed, see many shades, but I agree with you about this example. It’s just white.

And white is not interesting, in my opinion. It makes a good trim choice, but it is not good as the main color.

[Bigg Red]

I see a gray.

[Bigg Red]

😀

[MayflowerMadam]

In one house we painted all the walls with Benjamin Moore “Simply White”, and it was gorgeous. The next house we did the same and it was blah.

First house had smooth surface (non)texture. Next house was California knockdown texture.

I had no idea the results could be so different using the exact same paint. How the light hit the walls was the thing, I suppose.

[MayflowerMadam]

Looks grey-beige to me.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“I am not a fan of all-white kitchens...”

I have painted the walls of every kitchen I’ve owned a pretty butter yellow. I love that - so soothing and you can accent with a lot of different colors - though I prefer red accents, myself. And since its a farm house kitchen it has some animal accents - chickens, roosters, cows, etc. ;)

To me, white looks good if there is a LOT of good wood in the room and black accents in the appliances and light fixtures.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

When I was managing the Garden Center, some of the Pantone color choices were really out there.

The only thing I liked about their wilder color choices some years (purple, orange, turquoise, lime green) was that they worked well for pottery. We sold a LOT of pottery and ceramic bird baths in wild colors. ;)

[mewzilla]

I like the system because I can duplicate colors using it.

As for Color of the Year, it’s like the Oscars.

It’s a marketing tool.

And I like what I like, not what soneone else tries to convince me I like.

My favorite home decor paint colors are from historic palettes.

I think I can safely say not one of those colors has ever been shortlisted for Color of the Year.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"My favorite home decor paint colors are from historic palettes."

Beau's Foster Son is a painter by trade. He painted our home for us a few years ago - it was a three year process. It was an eight year process for Beau and I to put on the metal roof!

I picked out colors from those approved by HOA for Historic buildings. Our house is from 1900. I love it. It was green, so I wanted to stay with a green.

Sheraton Sage - main body of the house

Renwick Heather - in the three gables

Birdseye Maple for the trim

Cerulean Skies for the ceiling on the porch (A blue porch ceiling keeps the 'Haints' out!)

That dead Cottonwood in the back yard is now gone!

Last project is replacing the decking on the porch and all the railings and posts with metal. We have all the parts bought, just haven't gotten to it yet other than ONE floor board replaced, LOL! So far it's a three year project, so for us we're on time and under budget! ;)

[pepsi_junkie]

Every basic apartment comes with matte white walls, and the cheapest color in cars was always white, which was why nearly all rental cars were white. Now people pay more for white cars, which surprises that it somehow got flipped that way.

I'll say this: after the millennial grey period where people loved grey walls with grey furniture and grey accents - 50 shades of grey taken literally - I won't be surprised to see anything become the hot new thing, even basic white.

[MayflowerMadam]

Great colors!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks. There was a ‘slight disagreement’ about that ‘purple’ I was putting on the house, but when I patiently explained it was an Historic color and was really HEATHER and not PURPLE, he came around. ;)

[MHT]

Boring…another blue-grey neutral for the over-used, cliched Euro Farmhouse white-with-black houses that 10 years from will scream “2020’s”.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The grandkids know my favorite color is neutral.

[MayflowerMadam]

I just love the historic palettes, both indoor and outside.

Our houses haven’t really been the right style for interior historic colors. Plus, we’ve always expected to sell within five years, so went with boring. A lot of people would be turned off by dark cranberry or green walls.

My dream was to own an authentic saltbox, but that never happened.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Cloud Dancer sounds like a tranny name.

[NonValueAdded]

Cape Cod Grey for cedar shingles is my favorite. I wouldn’t choose it for my interior walls, however.

[SkyDancer]

Hi, well not that I know of. :D

[freedomlover]

I was on an auction site the other day and noticed a QA 50 (not mind but good condition) went for $2900.

I assume it was sold to a Boomer with fond memories, like me.