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Is 'Cloud Dancer' The Best Weather-Related Color?

After Pantone announced the 2026 Color of the Year, we asked readers to submit their own weather-related color ideas. By Wyatt Williams • 2 hours ago

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The Pantone Color Institute announced that the Color of the Year for 2026 is “Cloud Dancer.” As my colleagues consider themselves experts in all things cloud-related, this was as exciting as it was confusing.

Pantone describes it as, “a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection.” Hmmmm. As much as I look at this on my screen, I think it might just be “white.”

So I challenged our readers to do better. In our Morning Brief newsletter I asked, "Do you have a good name for a w

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