🎨 Color Palettes 2026

🌸 Spring

Fresh greens, soft blossoms, warm yellows, and the tentative blues of a sky beginning to open — the colours of a world coming back to life.

☀️ Summer

Bold blues, vivid greens, warm golds, and the bright, unhesitating energy of long days at their peak.

🍂 Autumn

Deep oranges, warm reds, golden yellows, rich browns, and the occasional surprise of crimson — the most painterly season.

❄️ Winter

Cool blues, icy whites, deep evergreen, silver frost, and the quiet drama of bare branches against a pale sky.

🥂 New Year's

Midnight navy, silver, champagne gold, and the brief electric flash of fireworks — a palette of darkness, light, and the instant of change.

❤️ Valentine's Day

Deep reds, soft pinks, warm blush, and the tender white of fresh petals — the full spectrum of love from passion to gentleness.

🧧 Chinese New Year

Lucky red, imperial gold, festive orange, and the deep crimson of the red envelope — the most colour-rich celebration in the calendar.

🎭 Carnival / Mardi Gras

Royal purple, Mardi Gras gold, and vivid green — the three sacred colours of a celebration that turns the world upside down for one last time before Lent.

🍀 St. Patrick's Day

Every register of green — from the bright emerald of the shamrock to the deep forest of ancient woodland — and a touch of gold.

🌛 Ramadan

Deep night blue, the gold of lanterns, warm amber, and the soft green of Islamic tradition — the colours of a month of reflection and light.

🔥 Las Fallas

Fire red, deep flame orange, bright cobalt, and the gold of sparks against a night sky — the colours of a Valencian festival that ends in spectacular combustion.

🌈 Holi

Every colour at once — pink, yellow, green, blue, red, orange — thrown into the air and onto each other in the most colour-saturated celebration on earth.

🌱 Nowruz

Fresh spring green, turquoise, warm gold, and the soft white of new growth — the colours of the Persian New Year and the world beginning again.

🐣 Easter

Soft pastels — lilac, mint, sky blue, and warm daffodil yellow — the colours of renewal, new beginnings, and the quiet joy of spring returning.

🌙 Eid

Deep teal, gold, rich emerald, and the soft white of new clothes — the colours of celebration after reflection.

💦 Songkran

Clear aqua, bright turquoise, soft white, and the gold of temple spires — the colours of the Thai New Year water festival.

🌍 Earth Day

Deep forest green, ocean blue, warm earth brown, and the clear sky blue of an atmosphere worth protecting — the colours of the planet itself.

🌸 Hanami

The softest pink, near-white blossom, pale green of new leaves, and clear sky blue — the palette of a Japanese tradition of watching cherry blossoms fall.

💐 Mother's Day

Soft rose, warm peach, lavender, and the creamy white of lily of the valley — a palette drawn from the bouquet itself.

🌻 Midsummer

Warm amber, sunflower gold, dusty lavender, and the deep blue of a sky that never quite becomes night — the golden hour extended to infinity.

🏳️‍🌈 Pride

All six original rainbow colours — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet — as a declaration of visibility and the right to exist fully.

☀️ Summer Solstice

Full solar yellow, warm amber, sky blue at noon, and the vivid green of midsummer — the palette of maximum light.

🇺🇸 Independence Day

Bold red, deep navy, clean white — and the vivid, brief electric colours of fireworks against the dark.

🎋 Tanabata

Deep indigo, soft silver, bamboo green, and the pale pastels of paper wishes hung on summer branches — the colours of a Japanese star festival.

🏮 Obon

Warm lantern gold, deep indigo night, soft red, and the pale white of floating river lights — the colours of a Japanese festival of the returning dead.

🍅 La Tomatina

Every register of red and orange-red — from the bright scarlet of a fresh tomato to the deep crimson of pulp — in the world's most monochromatic celebration.

🍺 Oktoberfest

Bavarian blue and white, warm amber beer, deep forest green, and the golden yellow of spätzle — the colours of a very particular kind of joy.

🌾 Harvest Festival

Grain gold, pumpkin orange, deep earth brown, apple red, and the faded green of turned leaves — the colours of abundance gathered before winter.

🎃 Halloween

Deep orange, midnight black, electric violet, acid green — the colours of the uncanny, the playful frightening, and the thinning of boundaries between worlds.

🪔 Diwali

Vivid marigold, deep crimson, electric pink, rich gold — a palette of light, celebration, and deliberate, joyful excess.

🦃 Thanksgiving

Burnt orange, deep gold, russet, warm brown, and the particular amber of candlelight — the colours of harvest, abundance, and gratitude.

💀 Día de los Muertos

Vivid marigold orange, hot pink, cobalt blue, and near-black — the most paradoxically joyful palette in the calendar of remembrance.

🎆 Guy Fawkes Night

Firework gold, deep crimson, electric green, and the absolute black of a November sky — the colours of gunpowder, conspiracy, and celebration.

🎄 Christmas

Classic red, deep evergreen, warm gold, and the crisp white of snow — a palette with centuries of tradition behind every colour.

🕎 Hanukkah

Sky blue, deep navy, silver, and the warm gold of candlelight — a palette of winter darkness held at bay by a small flame.

🎠 Weihnachtsmarkt

Spiced cinnamon red, tannenzapfen brown, warm candlelight gold, and the deep forest green of fir branches — the palette of a German Christmas market.

❄️ Winter Solstice

Deep midnight blue, cold silver, candle amber, and the near-black of the longest night — the palette of darkness at its deepest and the light that answers it.

🌊 Calm

Soft blues, muted aqua, pale lavender, and cool grey — colours that slow the breath and quiet the mind.

⚡ Energy

Vivid red, electric orange, bright yellow — colours that raise the pulse and push toward action.

🌧️ Melancholy

Deep blue-grey, muted violet, dark teal, and the particular grey of a sky that has been raining all day.

😊 Joy

Warm coral, bright yellow, vivid turquoise, and sunny orange — colours that lift without overwhelming.

🎯 Focus

Clean mid-blue, cool white, muted grey-green, and dark navy — colours that clear the visual field and support concentration.

🌹 Romance

Deep rose, warm mauve, blush pink, and the dark crimson of a flower at night — the colours of desire and tenderness held together.

🔮 Mystery

Deep violet, near-black navy, dark forest green, and midnight indigo — colours of the unseen, the withheld, and the not-yet-known.

📷 Nostalgia

Faded pastels, warm sepia, dusty rose, and the muted tones of old photographs — the colours of memory as it softens with time.

🔥 Anger

Deep crimson, burnt sienna, dark orange-red, and near-black — the colours of heat, pressure, and barely contained force.

🌅 Hope

Warm sunrise gold, soft peach, pale turquoise, and light yellow — the colours of a horizon that is beginning to brighten.

👁️ Fear

Cold grey-green, pale yellow-white, deep shadow blue, and the sickly pallor of low light — the colours of something wrong.

✨ Surprise

Electric yellow, vivid magenta, bright cyan, and sharp lime — colours that arrive before you are ready for them.

🕊️ Peace

Pale sage, soft white, warm ivory, and light sky blue — colours that ask nothing and offer quiet.

🌑 Grief

Deep charcoal, muted blue-grey, pale silver, and the washed-out tone of a sky after a long night — colours of loss and the space it leaves.

🌌 Wonder

Deep cosmic blue, nebula violet, star-gold, and the luminous teal of bioluminescent water — the colours of things larger than everyday life.