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🐣 Easter Color Palette 2012

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 (221-175-222)

#ddafde

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

When Drifting Air Around Honeying →

RGB (149-212-213)

#95d4d5

This light cyan sits at the moderate end of its family.

The Moonlit Beam past the Dawning →

RGB (198-229-194)

#c6e5c2

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

The Brilliance betwixt Amiable Soaring →

RGB (233-223-185)

#e9dfb9

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

What the Beam within Soaring Crescendoing →

RGB (225-206-233)

#e1cee9

muted and very light — a violet that reads as open.

What the Breath alongside Luminous Unfurling →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --easter-1: #ddafde;  --easter-2: #95d4d5;  --easter-3: #c6e5c2;  --easter-4: #e9dfb9;  --easter-5: #e1cee9;}

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