{"id":2521059,"date":"2025-12-14T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-libs-freak-out-and-label-pantones-color-the-year-racist-then-look-even-more-ridiculous-when-they-learn-who-runs-the-company\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T12:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:10:55","slug":"woke-libs-freak-out-and-label-pantones-color-the-year-racist-then-look-even-more-ridiculous-when-they-learn-who-runs-the-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-libs-freak-out-and-label-pantones-color-the-year-racist-then-look-even-more-ridiculous-when-they-learn-who-runs-the-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Libs Freak Out and Label Pantone&#8217;s Color the Year &#8216;Racist,&#8217; Then Look (Even More) Ridiculous When They Learn Who Runs the Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoke-libs-freak-out-and-label-pantones-color-the-year-racist-then-look-even-more-ridiculous-when-they-learn-who-runs-the-company%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521059&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article criticizes the concept of Pantone&#8217;s &#8220;Color of the Year,&#8221; calling it frivolous and mocking the far-left&#8217;s offended reaction to the 2026 color, &#8220;Cloud Dancer,&#8221; a pale white shade. It highlights how some woke critics labeled the color racist and tone-deaf,despite Pantone&#8217;s president being a Black woman,making accusations of racism unfounded. The article points out the absurdity of outrage over such a trivial matter, especially when more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >significant issues occupy people&#8217;<\/a>s lives. It also contrasts this backlash with the lack of similar complaints over previous colors chosen by Pantone. Ultimately, the piece argues that the controversy is a symptom of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grave-of-robert-e-lees-horse-desecrated-plaque-to-beloved-traveller-removed\/\" title=\"Robert E. Lee&#039;s horse&#039;s grave vandalized, tribute plaque removed.\">excessive political correctness<\/a> and misplaced outrage rather then any real problem.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just to get this out of the way, I find the mere concept of &ldquo;Color of the Year&rdquo; incredibly stupid.<\/p>\n<p>But it takes a particularly special brand of stupid to then get <em>offended&nbsp;<\/em>over such an absurd concept.<\/p>\n<p>And, well, you&rsquo;re not going to find a more special brand of stupid than when dealing with the terminally offended far-left.<\/p>\n<p>Cosmetic conglomerate Pantone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/color-of-the-year\/2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unveiled<\/a> its annual &ldquo;Color of the Year&rdquo; for 2026 recently &mdash; believe it or not &mdash; and next year&rsquo;s top color was deemed &ldquo;Cloud Dancer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To this inartistic writer, it just looks like a slightly muddled shade of white. And that&rsquo;s about where I&rsquo;d stop thinking about something so frivolous.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Oh, but not the far left.<\/p>\n<p>As the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15363903\/pantone-cloud-dancer-liberal-backlash.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> reported, &ldquo;Woke liberals are slamming Pantone&rsquo;s color of the year, labeling it &lsquo;racist&rsquo; and &lsquo;tone-deaf.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>(Of course they&rsquo;re melting down. Isn&rsquo;t it just exhausting?)<\/p>\n<p>One Instagram critique claimed that this color choice &ldquo;unintentionally aligns with cultural and political symbolism that many of us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-disputes-what-general-milley-testified-to-lawmakers-its-certain-that-he-did-not-tell-us-that\/\" title=\"Pompeo Disputes What General Milley Testified To Lawmakers: \u2018It\u2019s Certain That He Did Not Tell\u2019 Us That\">find deeply troubling<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others dredged up actress Sydney Sweeney, who was involved in her own ridiculous controversy over some jean ads.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s just no other way to say this: These people need lives. They need to touch grass. They need to go experience what the real world is like.<\/p>\n<p>Because let me tell you, people dealing with&nbsp;<em>real&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-boxer-imane-khelif-warns-viewers-who-are-angry-over-fights-with-female-opponents-it-can-destroy-people\/\" title=\"Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Warns Viewers Who Are Angry Over Fights with Female Opponents - &#039;It Can Destroy ...&#039;\">issues &#038;mdash<\/a>; health, finances, work &mdash; don&rsquo;t have the time or care to get riled up over something as benign as a makeup company&rsquo;s favorite color.<\/p>\n<p>This whole meltdown is even dumber when you realize a few key facts.<\/p>\n<p>First, and pretty importantly, those accusing Pantone of being racist are tacitly accusing a black woman of running a racist company.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Kelley, the president of Pantone, is a black woman. It seems aggressively unlikely that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-requests-pledge-of-allegiance-before-hearings-nadler-shoots-him-down\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz Requests Pledge Of Allegiance Before Hearings; Nadler Shoots Him Down\">anti-black racism<\/a> was somehow at the forefront of her thought, if she signed off on the color choice in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned above, Kelley has <em>real&nbsp;<\/em>issues &mdash; like running a massive corporation &mdash; to worry about, instead of perceived racial slights.<\/p>\n<p>Second, guess what Pantone&rsquo;s color of the year was for 2025? &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/color-of-the-year\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mocha Mousse<\/a>,&rdquo; a decidedly shiny shade of brown.<\/p>\n<p>Notice how white conservatives didn&rsquo;t start crying &ldquo;MUH RACISM&rdquo; after that one.<\/p>\n<p>And if you dig a little further, the year before that, the &ldquo;Color of the Year&rdquo; was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/color-of-the-year\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peach Fuzz<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; yet nobody who struggles to grow a beard threw a hissy fit over it. The year before that it was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/color-of-the-year\/2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viva Magenta<\/a>&rdquo; and I can&rsquo;t even think of a witty follow-up here because this outrage cycle is so low-IQ.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, there is something to be said about casting a particularly scrutinizing eye on major corporations in 2025 and beyond. And that&rsquo;s especially true if those companies are engaged in political contributions or trying to wield influence.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s the thing: Pantone isn&rsquo;t all that political (to paraphrase Michael Jordan, surely Republicans buy makeup, too). According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/orgs\/pantone-inc\/summary?id=D000036498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Secrets<\/a>, Pantone employees donated less than $500 for Kamala Harris&rsquo; doomed presidential bid. The company itself donated zilch, and put zero money into lobbying. Again: I seriously doubt a company that came closest to supporting Kamala Harris is out here trying to promote white supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>These cries of racism are just so indefensibly dumb. In fact, it&rsquo;s somehow even dumber &mdash; by an exponential margin &mdash; than the very concept of &ldquo;Color of the Year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And that is saying something.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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But it&#8217;s an even greater kind of foolishness to get upset about something so trivial. And you won&#8217;t find a more extreme example of this than with the perpetually offended far-left crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Pantone announced its 2026 &#8220;Color of the Year,&#8221; called &#8220;Cloud Dancer.&#8221; To me, it just looks like a slightly off-white shade &#8211; nothing worth fussing over.<\/p>\n<p>However, as reported by the U.K. Daily Mail, some woke liberals are criticizing Pantone&#8217;s choice as &#8220;racist&#8221; and &#8220;tone-deaf.&#8221; One Instagram user argued that this color unintentionally carries cultural and political meanings that many find troubling. Others brought up actress Sydney Sweeney&#8217;s unrelated controversy to add fuel to their outrage.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, these people need to get out more and focus on real problems like health, money, or work instead of getting worked up over a makeup company&#8217;s favorite color.<\/p>\n<p>This backlash is even more absurd when you consider some facts: The president of Pantone is Sky Kelley, a Black woman &#8211; so accusing Pantone of racism implies she would be running a racist company herself. Also worth noting: last year&#8217;s Color was &#8220;Mocha Mousse,&#8221; a rich brown shade that didn&#8217;t spark any accusations from white conservatives. Previous years&#8217; colors also didn&#8217;t cause such drama.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Pantone isn&#8217;t politically active in any significant way; their employees made minimal donations during Kamala Harris&#8217; campaign and the company itself gave no political contributions or lobbying funds. It seems highly unlikely they&#8217;re promoting anything remotely racist.<\/p>\n<p>In short: these claims are not only baseless but far dumber than even the silly concept of naming a Color of the Year &#8211; which says something!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2521060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-12-09T205313.527.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50410,54467,68800,50526,5558],"class_list":["post-2521059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy-2","tag-corporate-leadership","tag-pantone","tag-racism-2","tag-woke"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-12-09T205313.527.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521063,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521059\/revisions\/2521063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2521060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}