Mesmerising shades such as saturated teal, dramatic red and elegant rose, to name a few, headline Pantone’s colours for Spring/Summer 2026.

Pantone, the global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, released the Pantone^® Fashion Color Trend Report Spring/Summer 2026 edition for the New York Fashion Week (NYFW). Published for the fashion industry by the Pantone Color Institute, this season’s report features the top 10 standout colours as well as the six new seasonless shades that fashion designers are expected to introduce in their new Spring/Summer 2026 collections.

According to the institute, colours for NYFW Spring/Summer 2026 are imbued with the spirit of surprise, a blend of life-affirming and versatile shades that empower individuals to assert their essential humanity through their own personal style.

“Celebrating self-expression and individualism, NYFW Spring/Summer 2026 gives us a very new way of putting colours together,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, noting this season’s colours continue the drumbeat for honesty, authenticity and desire to put a person’s own unique stamp on what he or she wears.

The balance of colours that boldly celebrate the joyfulness of dressing with trans-seasonal neutrals and calming minimalist tones create new looks free from constraint. The combination of maximalist and minimalist colours signals fresh silhouettes, unconventional pairings and novel self-expression that showcases humanity in all its guises, noted the institute.

The 10 standout colours are Acacia (green-infused yellow), Marina (calming maritime blue), Muskmelon (sweetly fragrant orange), Alexandrite (glamourous teal), Lava Falls (dramatic red), Dusty Rose (veiled pink), Tea Rose (red-toned rose), Amaranth (cosmopolitan purple hue), Burnt Sienna (russet red) and Burnished Lilac (tinged and smoky lavender).

The six new classics, meanwhile, include Coffee Bean (deeply roasted bold brown), White Onyx (off-white), Rhodonite (trusted blue hue), Angora (soft beige), Sycamore (deep forest green) and Sage Green (soft muted green).

London Fashion Week

Pantone also released its Fashion Colour Trend Report Spring/Summer 2026 edition for the London Fashion Week (LFW).

The LFW Spring/Summer 2026 palette blends familiar comfort with new discoveries that celebrate the authentic beauty of the everyday. “The duality in the colour palette creates a balance between refinement and reinvention,” said the institute.

“Retelling the past with a forward-thinking twist that empowers authenticity and personal expressions of creativity, mood-boosting brights are contrasted with an expanded range of neutrals, well-loved heritage shades, modern mid-tones and hues with a neo-elegant flair. This fusion of reality with creativity embodies the consumers’ desire for balance and ease and commitment to wearability with the gentle disruption that enables them to make it their own,” the institute added.

Colours in the LFW Spring/Summer 2026 palette include Burnished Lilac (tinged and smoky lavender), Teaberry (vibrant reddish rose), Pale Banana (soft yellow pastel), Mandarin Orange (fruity bright orange), Amaranth (cosmopolitan purple hue), Tickled Pink (soft pink), Amethyst Orchid (magnetic purple hue), Caramel (Candied brown), Dutch Canal (airy blue) and Shale Green (muted earthy green).

New six classics, meanwhile, are Angora (soft beige), Palm (green), White Onyx (off-white), Chocolate Truffle (rich brown), Ether (ethereal blue grey) and Evening Blue (darkened blue).

In the jewellery world, these colours could shine in classic and fashion-forward jewellery designs using an eclectic range of fancy colour diamonds, coloured gemstones and precious raw materials. Top-of-mind gems are yellow diamonds, alexandrites, teal and pink sapphires, morganites, rubies, amethysts, blue topaz stones and citrines, among others.