Clonal naevi are characterized by a focal proliferation of pigmented melanocytes in an otherwise banal naevus. These subclones are often composed of aggregates of larger, epithelioid melanocytes with nuclear atypia and dusty‐grey cytoplasmic pigmentation, which are referred to as ‘pulverocytes’, and this finding may lead to a misdiagnosis of malignant melanoma (MM). To characterize the significance of subclones of dusty‐grey pigmented epithelioid melanocytes within spitzoid neoplasms.