Colours for 2026 - Cloud Dancer & Blues
2026 brings calming and classic colours. Pantone colour of the year is "Cloud Dancer", an airy white that will shine out softly in contrast to foliage colours. The colour experts at Dulux have come up with a trio of blues they call "Rhythm of blues". White and blue is a classic combination, sure to delight. We've also included a wider palette of your favourite colours so you can create your own look.
2026 Dulux colour of the year - The Rhythm of Blues
57 plants
2026 Pantone colour of the year - Cloud Dancer
225 plants
Blue
1250 plants
Green
1429 plants
Orange
604 plants
Pink
2891 plants
Purple
1351 plants
Red
1449 plants
White flowers
3420 plants
Yellow
1669 plants
All plants (13261)
Photinia 'Red Devil'
Fraser's hybrid photinia
Photinia 'Super Red'
Christmas berry
Photinia glabra 'Variegata'
Japanese photinia, Christmas berry
Photinia x fraseri 'Carré Rouge'
Red square Photinia
Physocarpus 'Magic Ball'
Common ninebark, Easter ninebark
Physostegia virginiana 'Summer Snow'
Obedient plant, False dragonhead, Lionsheart, Stay in place
Physostegia virginiana 'Summer Spires'
Obedient plant, False dragonhead, Lionsheart, Stay in place
Pieris japonica 'Blush'
Lily of the valley bush, Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Epstein'
Lily of the Valley Bush, Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Valley Rose'
Lily of the Valley Bush, Japanese pieris
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Bannow Bay'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Green Elf'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Platycodon grandiflora 'Blue Surf'
Balloon flower, Chinese bellflower, Japanese balloon flower
Polemonium 'Pink Beauty'
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium pauciflorum subsp. hinckleyi
Hinckley's few-flowered Jacob's ladder
Pontederia cordata f. albiflora
Pickerel weed, Wampee
Portulaca oleracea
Summer purslane, Common purslane, Pussley
Potentilla 'Blazeaway'
Cinquefoil, Five finger
Potentilla 'Yellow Queen'
Cinquefoil, Five finger
Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla 'Scarlet Starlit'
Silver-leaved potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa 'Bo-Peep'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Goldstar'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Longacre Variety'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Orangeade'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Bella Bianca = 'Hachbiana'
Shrubby cinquefoil
Potentilla neumanniana
Spring cinquefoil, Tabernaemontanus cinquefoil
Potentilla palustris
Marsh cinquefoil
Potentilla x russelleana
Russell's hybrid cinquefoil
Pratia angulata
Panakenake, Lawn lobelia, Heavenly stars, Angled pratia
Pratia nummularia
Round leaved pratia
Pratia pedunculata 'Tom Stone'
Blue star creeper, Stalked pratia
Preslia cervina alba
Blue water spearmint, Hart's pennyroyal, Holt's pennyroyal
Primula 'Sunshine Susie'
Hybrid primrose
Primula 'Tawny Port'
Hybrid primrose
Primula capitata
Dense-flowered primrose
Primula farinosa
Primrose, Bird's eye primrose
Primula hirsuta
Red alpine primrose
Primula Jack-in-the-Green Group
Primrose
Primula x pubescens
Downy hybrid primrose
Prunus 'Hiyodori Zakura'
Oriental cherry, Hybrid oriental cherry
Prunus 'Weeping Pink Marvel'
Ornamental cherry
Prunus cerasus 'Rhexii'
Non-fruiting sour cherry
Prunus domestica 'Early Laxton'
Cooking & eating plum
Prunus domestica 'Jubilaeum'
Eating plum
Prunus domestica 'Oullins Gage'
Greengage, Cooking & eating gage
Prunus domestica 'Toptaste Kulinaria'
Cooking & eating plum
Prunus incisa 'Lotte'
Fuji cherry
Prunus insititia 'Langley Bullace'
Cooking damson