Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Terri Williams is a journalist covering housing trends. Glidden’s 2026 Color of the Year is Warm Mahogany, a rich red color that’s ...

Pantone, the global color authority based in Carlstadt, just announced its color of the year. Let’s just say the internet is not impressed. The New Jersey company, considered a global authority on ...

It’s hardly a colorful choice. Since 1999, Pantone, the global color authority and provider of professional color language standards and digital solutions for the design community, has announced their ...

Every December, Pantone serves as the cultural weatherman by crowning a hue its "Color of the Year." The institute is the leading authority on color; thus, its Color of the Year serves as a symbol of ...

As 2025's cultural retrospectives begin to trickle in (read: Spotify Wrapped or Oxford's word of the year), Pantone is not to be outdone. The famed color factory on Thursday, Dec. 4, released its ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There’s a kind of white that doesn’t belong to walls or paint chips held up to a window. It belongs to screens and ...

The nation’s premier color trend-setter — the New Jersey-based Pantone Color Institute — each year selects a “Color of the Year” that it believes best speaks to the times. For 2026, that color is ...