Pantone 2026: Cloud Dancer, the white that brings new shape to living spaces

A new language of balance for interior design

As its Colour of the Year for 2026, the Pantone Color Institute has chosen PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer – a soft, ethereal white that embodies a widespread desire for calm, clarity and lightness. Cloud Dancer is not a stark white, but a luminous, enveloping shade, conceived as a neutral backdrop for smooth, balanced spaces. According to Pantone, this choice reflects the need to slow down and rediscover well-being through environments that foster concentration, introspection and visual comfort. In contemporary interior design, Cloud Dancer thus becomes a design tool for enhancing materials, textures and natural light, without overpowering them. It is this vision that shapes the Fioranese design language and its ability to turn the values of balance, brightness and material research into ceramic surfaces conceived for contemporary architecture. Collections such as Fusion, in the colour Chalk, and Tratti express these inspirations with their subtle textures, volumes and rhythm, transforming floors and walls into authentic interior design elements.

Chalk: a contemporary interpretation of the Pantone 2026 colour

In the Fusion Plaster collection, the Chalk shade is the key through which Fioranese interprets Pantone 2026, embodying its spirit in a rigorous, luminous and profoundly contemporary ceramic surface. Inspired by a warm, powdery white, the shade is naturally expressive and flexible, with a discreet yet distinctive presence. In interiors, Chalk creates a seamless material background able to attract light and spread it softly throughout the living space. The texture adds depth to the surface without impacting the smooth visual flow, striking a perfect balance with the architecture. Floors and wall coverings engage effortlessly with one another, reinforcing the idea of a soft, flowing, relaxing space. This makes Chalk particularly suitable for living and dining areas, where the tiles help shape an inviting, sophisticated ambience. The finish turns the ceramic tiles into an authentic architectural and interior design element, in which the colour envelops the space without dominating it, enhancing the furnishings, statement tables and decorative details. The Fioranese approach makes for sleek interiors, where colour is not so much a hallmark feature as an integral part of the very material.

Tratti: rhythm, light and three-dimensionality

In the Tratti collection, Fioranese explores a more expressive dimension of ceramics, transforming wall coverings into architectural elements that generate movement. The three-dimensional surfaces engage in a constant dialogue with the light, creating an interplay of shadow and depth that evolves throughout the day, turning walls into dynamic surfaces that define the identity of the space.
Tratti’s striking visual impact is balanced by a sophisticated, formal harmony. The textures and shades available – especially the Piuma finish – allow for an interpretation of Pantone 2026 played out through contemporary, striking atmospheres.
With Piuma, Fioranese interprets the Colour of the Year using texture and light, turning ceramic surfaces into architectural elements that bring pace to living spaces, adopting a low-key yet distinctly contemporary approach.
In dining rooms and living areas, Piuma creates spectacular walls that interact with the natural and artificial light. The three-dimensional module forms an orderly sequence of solids and voids, producing subtle shadows that shift throughout the day, turning the wall into an elegant architectural backdrop that enhances essential simple décor and soft volumes, without ever feeling overpowering. The surface accompanies and brings structure to the space, reinforcing its visual identity.
In the kitchen, Piuma can be used to create a contemporary boiserie effect that’s both functional and decorative. The vertical pace of the relief texture brings graphic precision to the walls, while the colour – inspired by Pantone 2026 – helps create a bright, clean, inviting atmosphere. The overall effect is a carefully and consistently arranged space in which ceramics play a key role, engaging with smooth surfaces and complementary materials. Piuma thus becomes a tool for designing spaces, ideal for contemporary kitchens and living areas where wall coverings have evolved from a mere background into an active element in the architectural language.

Find out how Pantone 2026 Cloud Dancer can take shape on your surfaces, forming distinctive atmospheres and real projects, and let Fioranese inspire you.
On the website, the Fusion Plaster and Tratti collections offer creative resources to interpret the new balance of interior design, inviting you to explore, imagine and design surfaces that communicate with light and time.