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🐣 Easter Color Palette 2006

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

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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 (204-173-225)

#ccade1

A moderate violet: very light, considered, and steady.

Floating Aura despite the Adorning →

RGB (173-211-225)

#add3e1

A very light, moderate blue with a quiet presence.

Aloft Brilliance until the Blossoming →

RGB (193-229-164)

#c1e5a4

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

What Lilting Candle off Shimmering →

RGB (240-234-204)

#f0eacc

This very light yellow sits at the moderate end of its family.

Wispy Candle out Whirling →

RGB (221-196-228)

#ddc4e4

A muted magenta: very light, considered, and steady.

What Illumined Air into Unfolding →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --easter-1: #ccade1;  --easter-2: #add3e1;  --easter-3: #c1e5a4;  --easter-4: #f0eacc;  --easter-5: #ddc4e4;}

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