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🐣 Easter Color Palette 2000

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

1999 2000 2001

Easter pastels are spring colours with the saturation gently turned down — gentle, hopeful, and easy to be near. They speak of eggs dyed with natural pigments: the soft purple of an onion skin, the faded blue of woad, the warm yellow of turmeric. They speak of crocuses still uncertain whether to open, of the pale sunshine of April mornings that feels different from any other sunshine in the year. This palette draws on the traditional craft of decorating Easter eggs — a practice that predates Christianity and connects to something older about renewal and the return of the light.

The 5 colors

RGB (203-145-217)

#cb91d9

moderate and light — a magenta that reads as open.

What the Blossom Since Gleamy Glittering →

RGB (207-226-232)

#cfe2e8

A very light, muted cyan with a quiet presence.

When the Sunny Bloom betwixt Sparkling →

RGB (209-233-201)

#d1e9c9

moderate and very light — a green that reads as open.

What the Bloom Since Brilliant Beaming →

RGB (231-227-207)

#e7e3cf

A very light, muted yellow with a quiet presence.

What the Ascending Beam down Flying →

RGB (234-204-235)

#eacceb

moderate and very light — a magenta that reads as open.

The Pearlescent Blaze across Ensouling →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --easter-1: #cb91d9;  --easter-2: #cfe2e8;  --easter-3: #d1e9c9;  --easter-4: #e7e3cf;  --easter-5: #eacceb;}

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