Cloud Dancer

A clear direction for beauty in 2026

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Color of the Year for 2026 - Cloud Dancer

In a world that rarely slows down, our moments of quiet have become increasingly valuable. People are seeking calm and a sense of ease among the chaos. It’s natural, then, that in many areas of our lives, we’re rediscovering simplicity.
Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2026, Cloud Dancer, reflects this shift with gentle clarity. This soft shade of white feels simple and balanced, evoking light, air and openness. It offers a visual language that feels reassuring and quietly optimistic.
In beauty, Cloud Dancer makes products feel intuitive and considered – imparting a gentle purity and a natural sense of harmony.
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Pure performance in white

Cloud Dancer is about brightness with restraint, rather than stark contrast. This refined white creates clarity and enhances texture, allowing products to feel clean and modern.
White pigments play a key role in achieving this effect. Titanium dioxide can stand alone as a pure white statement or refine other shades, lending luminosity and visual balance.
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Translating mood into formulation

KRONOS® 2171 supports this aesthetic direction with performance that is both reliable and refined. Combining high purity with a plant-derived surface treatment, the pigment offers smooth processing and a pleasant sensory profile. It allows us to create products that feel light on the skin while delivering the clarity and brightness required for clean, modern shades.
In Cloud Dancer–inspired concepts, KRONOS® 2171 helps bring this visual idea into practical formulation reality.
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Brightness with restraint

As a rutile TiO₂ grade with a Natural Origin Index of 1 (ISO 16128), KRONOS® 2171 disperses easily and can help reduce mixing time when suitable processing technologies are applied.
With its strong opacity and tinting strength, the result is a clean, even appearance that maintains the airy character associated with Cloud Dancer.
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Designed for modern cosmetic expectations

KRONOS® 2171 meets major quality standards in Europe and the US and is suitable for sensitive cosmetic applications. Its plant-derived surface treatment contributes to pleasant haptics and a natural skin feel, supporting products that are comfortable, wearable and reassuring in daily use.
These characteristics make it a dependable choice for brands focused on consistency, quality and consumer experience.

Applications that express quiet elegance

KRONOS® 2171 supports clean brightness and a soft, even finish across a range of makeup applications, including:
  • Eye shadow creams, eyeliners and eye primers
  • Brow and lash colors
  • Foundations and concealers
  • Blush
  • Tinted serums

Choosing the right titanium dioxide grade

While KRONOS® 2171 aligns well with Cloud Dancer–inspired formulations, other titanium dioxide grades within the KRONOS portfolio can deliver different visual and sensory effects. Selecting the right grade allows you to fine-tune opacity, brightness and feel to suit specific applications.

A calm, confident outlook for 2026

Cloud Dancer sets a tone for beauty that is clear, thoughtful and quietly optimistic. With dependable performance and a formulation profile aligned with modern expectations, KRONOS® 2171 supports this direction in a practical and effective way.
We look forward to working with you to develop textures and finishes that capture the calm, considered mood of 2026.
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