Teal–Lunatic Color of 2026! Blog Post
2026…What Wild and Colorful Adventures are Waiting for Us?
At the changing of the year, we Lunatics wait eagerly for the big color predictors to put out their color forecasts for the year. For 2026, Pantone chose Cloud Dancer, a soft white that is “a whisper of tranquility and peace in a noisy world” and WGSN chose Transformative Teal, a color with “a sense of freshness, calm, and restoration”. We can all use both tranquility and restoration!
Because we get to be Lunatics and do what we want, we Lunatics have thrown ourselves behind the color Teal and are declaring that Teal will be our Lunatic Color for 2026! As 2025 was the Lunatic Year of Navy, we have marked 2026 as the Lunatic Year of Teal. This corresponds perfectly with where we are in the shop… we just received a shipment of Teal Lyte Hemp™ Yarn, and we are reveling in the color as we get it wound onto cones. Click here to see the video on YouTube of the fabulous teal yarn winding onto cones.
Transformative energy!
The color Teal gives us transformative energy! It makes us want to go places! Perhaps the energy will take us to the beach to see the gorgeous Caribbean waters, the lively colored surf boards or the hint of teal in the collar of a joyous dog bounding along the beach. Perhaps the energy will take us to our looms to make a blanket for our son, or a scarf for our best friend. Perhaps the energy will take us to the market to shop for a dinner party with our family. Who knows where it will take us? The New Year always seems so full of potential energy!
What Color is Teal?
Teal can be bright or gray, blue or green. The difference between the hue of Teal yarn in the 8/2 and 8/4 Maurice Brassard unmercerized cotton yarns and the Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton yarns is quite startling. Obviously, the name Teal can mean a wide variety of hues.
It can also be a light value or a dark value. It really can transform and become something spectacular when you weave with it. The Teal in our Tubular Spectrum™ mercerized cotton and Lyte Hemp™ Yarns are a medium value yarn with great brilliance. Shown to the right is the backside of the Teal card from our Playing with Color Card set. You can see that Teal is a medium value yarn with a value of 30. You could use it with Bleached White, and it will appear to be the darker color, or use it with Navy and it will appear to be the lighter color.
Waves and Whales’ Tails.
Now we have thoughts of waves and maybe whales’ tails dancing in our heads. And we want to play with the value of teal and watch it transform our weaving! Let's make weaving drafts!
Undulating twills have a lot of movement, similar to the ocean. They are easy and fun to make in weaving software. First, the draft in black and white. Love those waves! Next, adding color: Teal in the warp and Navy in the weft. Teal is certainly the lighter color! The draft has a fun nautical feel to it! And finally, just to shake things up, check out the second draft with White added to the threading. A warp made of alternating white and teal in the warp with a solid Navy weft. That additional white sure added a lot of energy to the design! Not sure which we like better.
New adventures await us in 2026! We hope you have a healthy, happy year and help us think of how Teal can transform your designs! Please share with us!