Cloud & Graphite
3-color palette · hex codes and a ready-to-copy AI image prompt
- Cloud Dancer
- #F1EFE9
- Mist Blue
- #B9C4C9
- Graphite
- #2C2E30
Pantone's 2026 Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer, is a warm off-white that washes out without a dark partner, and graphite gives it a clean anchor without the harshness of true black. A cool mist blue sits between them as a quiet mid-tone, keeping the scheme calm rather than flat. This is minimalism with just enough temperature shift to feel deliberate.
Pantone Color of the Year 2026 · Cloud Dancer 11-4201
AI image prompt
Hex codes are baked into the prompt. For Midjourney, attach the square reference image below first — palettes hold far better with a visual reference.
A minimalist still life of a Cloud Dancer #F1EFE9 ceramic vase on a graphite #2C2E30 stone shelf, soft mist-blue #B9C4C9 cast shadow, diffused north-window light, quiet editorial photography, generous negative space --ar 4:5
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