Pantone’s Color of the Year Sounds About White!
Design is never neutral, and the choice of Pantone’s color of the year for 2026 signals a bigger problem. Cloud Dancer feels less like a fresh start and more like a wink at rising extremist trends. It comes off like a clean coat of paint covering a year full of racially loaded decisions. Great opinion article by Rhea Nayyar.

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