{"id":1839,"date":"2025-12-05T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/pantones-cloud-dancer-color-party-is-a-recession-indicator\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T23:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:59:54","slug":"pantones-cloud-dancer-color-party-is-a-recession-indicator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/pantones-cloud-dancer-color-party-is-a-recession-indicator\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantone\u2019s \u2018Cloud Dancer\u2019 color party is a recession indicator"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pantone color party Cloud Dancer\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/258131_Pantone_Color_2025_AKrales_0177.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Pantone&rsquo;s color of the year for 2026 is white &#8211; sorry, Cloud Dancer. Pantone announced the shade on Thursday, and describes it as a \u00ab\u00a0discrete white hue offering a promise of clarity.\u00a0\u00bb The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/color-of-the-year\/2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accompanying image<\/a> shows a person with cropped hair in billowy white clothing, arms outstretched over a background of clouds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/258131_Pantone_Color_2025_AKrales_0428.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u00ab\u00a0PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer encourages true relaxation and focus, allowing the mind to wander and creativity to breathe, making room for innovation,\u00a0\u00bb the company writes. But all I can see is a recession indicator.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/258131_Pantone_Color_2025_AKrales_0307.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/258131_Pantone_Color_2025_AKrales_0292.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/258131_Pantone_Color_2025_AKrales_0064.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/258131_Pantone_Color_2025_AKrales_0058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This is the third year in a row where the Pantone color has slid more and more into unobtrusive, dispassionat \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/design\/839364\/pantones-cloud-dancer-color-of-the-year-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pantone&rsquo;s color of the year for 2026 is white &#8211; sorry, Cloud Dancer. 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