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 (226-88-34)
#e25822
A vivid orange: medium, considered, and steady.
The Bay until Quiet Shifting →RGB (177-40-32)
#b12820
This medium red sits at the vivid end of its family.
The Certain Acre amid Fitting →RGB (225-228-47)
#e1e42f
This medium yellow sits at the vivid end of its family.
What the Measured Acre beneath Layering →RGB (226-24-84)
#e21854
This medium pink sits at the vivid end of its family.
What Plainspoken Acre off Melding →RGB (184-122-61)
#b87a3d
This medium orange sits at the moderate end of its family.
The Bog within Olive Meeting →RGB (196-89-79)
#c4594f
A medium, moderate red with a quiet presence.
What the Pragmatic Bog atop Bracing →:root { --autumn-1: #e25822; --autumn-2: #b12820; --autumn-3: #e1e42f; --autumn-4: #e21854; --autumn-5: #b87a3d; --autumn-6: #c4594f;}