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Is anyone really dancing on clouds? SMFA students, staff comment on Pantone’s controversial Color of the Year
By Moli Ma | February 24Our recent internet era has been plagued by a barrage of quiet luxury, sleek tradwife aesthetics, clean girls, sad beige babies, tech oligarchs, Sydney Sweeney’s good jeans and more. Pantone brought a fascinating addition to this landscape with its Color of the Year selection for 2026, Cloud Dancer — an off-white, beige-ish color that feels as fitting as it is incendiary.
