When I sat down to meet virtually with the Pantone Color Institute to discuss their Color of the Year 2026, I was definitely expecting something different—after all, the last few years have been a collection of splashy hues,

Minwax’s 2026 Color of the Year is Special Walnut, a warm, earthy brown stain. According to Color and Design Lead Lisbeth Parada, the selection reflects three major cultural influences shaping home design: wood's reclaimed role as a design anchor, the appeal of nostalgic charm with story and soul, and consumers' desire for style with staying power.

The Pantone Color Institute has officially unveiled its 2026 Color of the Year.

Whether you’re determined to color wash your walls in one specific hue and carry it through your furnishings, or you’d like to decorate with different shades of the same color family from light to dark, you’d be using a monochromatic color scheme ...

In 1925 the French jeweler Jacques Cartier unveiled a boldly colorful bracelet with a mélange of rubies, emeralds and sapphires carved into leaves, berries and flowers and entwined with diamond pavéd platinum branches. In a style later named Tutti Frutti, the piece fused lavish Mughal-style design with a refined Western aesthetic.

Pantone, the color institute behind the popular annual Color of the Year, revealed the shade for 2025 is Mocha Mousse.

In an era when every color is in all the time, where do you even go next? Pantone has a suggestion. Since Pantone began naming its Color of the Year in 2000, we’ve seen two flavors of both brown and yellow,