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)
Buddleja davidii Nanho White = 'Monite'
Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Korean feather reed grass
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Feather reed grass
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion'
Bodinier beautyberry
Callistemon linearis
Narrow leafed bottle brush
Callistemon Masotti 'Mini Red'
Bottlebrush hybrid
Callistemon rugulosus
Rugged bottle brush
Calluna vulgaris
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Tib'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Wickwar Flame'
Common Scotch heather
Caltha palustris 'Flore Pleno'
Marsh marigold, Mayflower, Molly blobs, Water cowslip
Calycanthus floridus
Carolina allspice, Strawberry shrub
Campanula 'Kent Belle'
Bellflower
Campanula carpatica 'Blaue Clips'
Carpathian bellflower, Tussock bellflower, Carpathian harebell
Campanula glomerata 'Superba'
Clustered bellflower, Danesblood bellflower
Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'
Milky bellflower
Campanula persicifolia 'Takion Blue'
Willow bellflower, Peach bells, Peach leaf bellflower
Campanula portenschlagiana
Dalmation Wall harebell
Campanula portenschlagiana
Dalmation bellflower, Wall harebell
Campanula portenschlagiana 'Catharina'
Dalmation bellflower, Wall harebell
Campanula poscharskyana
Serbian bellflower, Trailing bellflower
Campanula poscharskyana 'Stella'
Serbian bellflower, Trailing bellflower
Campsis radicans 'Flamenco'
Virginia jasmine, Trumpet honeysuckle
Campsis radicans f. flava
Virginia jasmine, Trumpet honeysuckle
Caragana arborescens 'Pendula'
Siberian peashrub
Carex 'Feather Falls'
Variegated Japanese sedge
Carex elata 'Aurea'
Bowles's golden sedge, Tufted sedge, Stiff sedge, European tussock sedge
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'
Bluebeard, Blue mist shrub, Bluebeard, Blue spiraea, Clandon spiraea
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Kew Blue'
Bluebeard, Blue mist shrub, Blue spiraea
Caryopteris x clandonensis Grand Bleu = 'Inoveris'
Bluebeard, Blue mist shrub, Blue spiraea, Clandon spiraea
Catananche caerulea
Blue cupidone, Cupid's dart
Ceanothus 'Autumnal Blue'
California lilac, Redroot
Ceanothus 'Madagascar'
California lilac, Redroot
Ceanothus 'Pershore Zanzibar'
California lilac, Redroot
Ceanothus 'Puget Blue'
California lilac, Redroot
Ceanothus 'Skylark'
California lilac, Redroot
Ceanothus arboreus 'Trewithen Blue'
Catalina mountain lilac, Feltleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Yankee Point'
Creeping carmel ceanothus
Ceanothus impressus 'Victoria'
Santa Barbara Ceanothus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens
Creeping blue blossom, Blue blossom, Blue brush
Centaurea 'John Coutts'
John Coutts cornflower, Cornflower
Centaurea montana
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Honeyballs, Button willow
Ceratostigma willmottianum
Chinese plumbago, Leadwort
Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
Redbud, Eastern redbud, American Judas tree
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Geisha Girl'
Showy Chinese quince
Chimonanthus praecox
Wintersweet, Fragrant wintersweet
Choisya ternata
Mexican orange blossom