Deep oranges, warm reds, golden yellows, rich browns, and the occasional surprise of crimson — the most painterly season.
Autumn is the most painterly season. As chlorophyll retreats from the leaves, the pigments that were always there — carotenoids and anthocyanins — are revealed in a last, extravagant display that lasts only weeks before the frost takes them. The result is a palette that feels simultaneously warm and melancholic: the amber of maple, the rust of oak, the deep crimson of liquidambar, the gold of birch catching low afternoon light. Against a sky that has shifted from summer blue to a cooler, more considered grey-blue, these colours glow as if lit from within. The air smells of woodsmoke and damp earth. This palette draws from all of that — the warmth of the fire and the chill of the shadow, the brilliance of the leaf and the darkness of the bark beneath.
RGB (196-112-39)
#c47027
This medium orange sits at the vivid end of its family.
The Bog of Recollected via Delineating →RGB (139-32-24)
#8b2018
This dark red sits at the vivid end of its family.
When the Clear Bay atop Grading →RGB (154-147-45)
#9a932d
This medium yellow sits at the moderate end of its family.
The Arch beyond Patient Sowing →RGB (190-30-56)
#be1e38
vivid and medium — a red that reads as grounded.
When the Familiar Bog past Fording →RGB (160-56-19)
#a03813
A vivid orange: dark, considered, and steady.
When Level-headed Brook for Balancing →RGB (162-49-37)
#a23125
This medium red sits at the moderate end of its family.
The Layered Border outside the Returning →:root { --autumn-1: #c47027; --autumn-2: #8b2018; --autumn-3: #9a932d; --autumn-4: #be1e38; --autumn-5: #a03813; --autumn-6: #a23125;}