THE SUSANSAY COLOR CALENDAR
12 months.
12 colors.
A year of inspiration.
One recommended nail color for every month—with the seasonal reason and gel product ideas to turn it into your own collection.
Explore the calendar ↓2026/27 PLANNING EDIT
YOUR YEAR AT A GLANCE
Pick the month.
Find your color direction.
A Northern Hemisphere planning calendar, shaped by seasonal color and familiar retail moments. Adapt the timing to your market and customers.
JANUARY — MARCH
Fresh beginnings
A clean reset, a romantic moment, then the first green of spring.
Swipe to explore all three months →A fresh start
Milky White
January is a natural moment for a clean reset after festive color. A soft milky white brings that fresh-start mood into minimal manicures, echoing the calm white direction of Pantone’s 2026 Cloud Dancer.
Valentine’s month
Rose Pink
Rose pink connects immediately with February’s romantic gifting and Valentine’s nail art. It gives brands a softer alternative to classic red, with room for both simple color and small heart details.
The first signs of spring
Fresh Leaf Green
Fresh green reflects new leaves and the shift out of winter. It makes a clear spring launch color; for markets celebrating St Patrick’s Day, green also gives March a timely campaign connection.
APRIL — JUNE
Soft to sunlit
Floral pastels and occasion-ready neutrals move into warmer color.
Swipe to explore all three months →Spring blooms
Soft Lilac
Lilac picks up the gentle color of spring flowers and the pastel mood of the season. It is a useful focus for floral nail art and spring edits, with Easter timing adapted to each year.
Occasion-ready neutrals
Blush Nude
A blush nude suits the weddings, celebrations and polished everyday looks that can shape late-spring collections. Offer this direction in different undertones rather than treating one nude as a match for everyone.
Summer begins
Sunset Coral
Coral bridges spring softness and summer brightness. Its warm pink-orange character gives holiday launches and pedicure collections a sunny focus without starting with a full neon assortment.
JULY — SEPTEMBER
Bright to warm
Holiday color gives way to the first caramel tones of autumn.
Swipe to explore all three months →Poolside color
Lagoon Turquoise
Turquoise makes an immediate visual connection to pools, coastlines and summer travel. We choose it as July’s holiday-led accent, especially for brands building a brighter vacation color story.
Late-summer energy
Vivid Fuchsia
A vivid pink keeps the late-summer edit expressive for festivals, travel and statement nails. It also connects with the fuchsia direction in Pantone’s 2026/27 autumn–winter report, offering a bridge into the next season.
The autumn transition
Caramel Brown
Caramel brings the warmth of early autumn into a collection before the deepest winter shades arrive. The toffee-brown direction in Pantone’s 2026/27 report supports this warm-neutral edit, from cream to transparent amber.
OCTOBER — DECEMBER
Seasonal signatures
Three distinctive moments, each with one recognisable hero shade.
Swipe to explore all three months →Halloween & harvest
Pumpkin Orange
Pumpkin orange has a direct October connection through harvest imagery and Halloween. Make it the hero shade, then use black or a fine-line detail gel for seasonal art without expanding into many new colors.
Rich late-autumn color
Deep Burgundy
Burgundy suits November’s move toward deeper autumn wardrobes and evening occasions. It offers a rich, refined core shade that can continue into festive launches with a magnetic or shimmer variation.
Christmas collections
Evergreen
Evergreen gives December a recognisable Christmas color story inspired by festive foliage. Pair the main green with existing red or gold accents for a coordinated holiday edit rather than a disconnected seasonal assortment.
SUSANSAY’s editorial month-by-month selection—not an official Pantone calendar. Digital colors are inspiration references; confirm actual gel shades and finishes with samples.
FROM COLOR IDEA TO YOUR BRAND
Make the calendar
your collection.
Choose the months that matter to your customers. We can discuss shade sampling, gel effects and matching packaging around those launches.
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