Pantone’s new Colour of the Year is giving me existential dread

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Pantone has released its Colour of the Year for 2026, and the winner is… drumroll please… white. While it's not the most exciting shade on paper, the world's leading authority on colour claims the "lofty" white is much more than blank space. As a "symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection," Cloud Dancer supposedly represents a sense of serenity and retrospection. Built to encourage "true relaxation and focus," the shade allows the mind the freedom to wander, creating a perfect environment for innovation to grow.

https://www.creativebloq.com/design/pantones-new-colour-of-the-year-is-giving-me-existential-dread

Photoshop Paywalls Pantone Colors, Is Turning Users’ Art Black

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Pantone is putting 15,000 colors behind a paywall for users on some of the most popular Adobe products starting next month—leaving designers who want to use, or have ever used in the past, no choice but to pay up if they want to use them.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pedx/photoshop-paywalls-pantone-colors-is-turning-users-art-black