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🌸 Spring Color Palette 2001

Fresh greens, soft blossoms, warm yellows, and the tentative blues of a sky beginning to open — the colours of a world coming back to life.

2000 2001 2002

Spring arrives as a negotiation between the last cold and the first warmth. The colours appear tentative at first — pale greens barely distinguishable from grey, blossoms that look almost white in early morning light — and then, suddenly, vivid. Forsythia turns the hedgerows gold before a single leaf has appeared. Cherry blossom opens in a pink so delicate it seems to hover in the air. The sky shifts from winter's flat white through a pale, luminous blue that feels like a promise. This palette tries to hold all of that at once: the freshness of new grass, the warmth of early daffodils, the soft lilac of wisteria just beginning to open, and the cool clarity of April light.

The 6 colors

RGB (166-221-181)

#a6ddb5

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

The Sheer Aurora into the Leaping →

RGB (202-78-179)

#ca4eb3

moderate and light — a magenta that reads as open.

When Nuanced Canyon throughout Aging →

RGB (223-215-104)

#dfd768

A vivid yellow: light, considered, and steady.

When the Steadfast Basin beneath Fastening →

RGB (150-216-217)

#96d8d9

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

What the Beam beyond Dulcet Breathing →

RGB (152-205-157)

#98cd9d

A light, muted green with a quiet presence.

The Aurora from Jubilant Mantling →

RGB (238-144-221)

#ee90dd

A very light, vivid magenta with a quiet presence.

The Aura of Sunny Suffusing →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --spring-1: #a6ddb5;  --spring-2: #ca4eb3;  --spring-3: #dfd768;  --spring-4: #96d8d9;  --spring-5: #98cd9d;  --spring-6: #ee90dd;}

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