Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2026 is “Cloud Dancer,” a soft, billowy white meant to evoke calm, serenity, and a fresh start.
Pantone’s Color of the Year is an annual selection meant to reflect the global mood, cultural shifts, and emerging trends across design, fashion, art, and society.
Chosen by the company's color experts, it serves as both a creative forecast and a source of inspiration, influencing everything from product design and interiors to branding and marketing to worldwide.
Landscape plants that evoke Cloud Dancer will have clean white blooms, silvery foliage, or a light, floating habit that feels calm and luminous. Think of plants that read as gentle and atmospheric rather than stark.
Find inspiration in the 'Cloud Dancer' color with this selection of plants:
White-blooming standouts
Silvery and pale foliage
Soft grasses and accents
Chosen by the company's color experts, it serves as both a creative forecast and a source of inspiration, influencing everything from product design and interiors to branding and marketing to worldwide.
Landscape plants that evoke Cloud Dancer will have clean white blooms, silvery foliage, or a light, floating habit that feels calm and luminous. Think of plants that read as gentle and atmospheric rather than stark.
Find inspiration in the 'Cloud Dancer' color with this selection of plants:
White-blooming standouts
- White hydrangeas (like ‘Limelight’ or ‘Annabelle’) for billowy, cloud-like masses
- Shasta daisy and white coneflower for classic, fresh brightness
- White roses (try Snowdrift, Blanc Double de Coubert Rugosa, Alba Rugosa, White Out (Knock Out Family), Polstjarnan (climber), White Dawn (climber)
- Gaura (white varieties) for an airy, drifting effect
- White Peonies - crepey and delicate petals on this pretty and popular variety
- Candytuft - masses of airy white blooms perfect for groundcover
- Virginal Mock Orange - fluffy double flowers on arching branches (native mock orange has single flowers, equally beautiful)
- White Cosmos - tall and flowy and carefree
Silvery and pale foliage
- Lamb’s ear (Stachys) with its velvety, pale leaves
- Dusty miller and artemisia for cool, misty tones
- Silver sage and Russian sage for light-reflective structure
Soft grasses and accents
- Feather reed grass (light cultivars)
- Mexican feather grass for movement and haze
- White tulips, alliums, dahlias, and snowdrops
Any of these plants will contribute to a landscape that feels quiet, and breathable — a lovely interpretation of Cloud Dancer’s serene, weightless character.