← All palettes  /  Spring 2004

Seasonal

🌸 Spring Color Palette 2004

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.

2003 2004 2005

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 (134-216-111)

#86d86f

moderate and light — a green that reads as open.

What the Fertile Acre of Channeling →

RGB (192-98-134)

#c06286

A light, moderate pink with a quiet presence.

Evenhanded Alcove in Working →

RGB (198-193-108)

#c6c16c

moderate and light — a yellow that reads as open.

Amber-toned Canyon within Measuring →

RGB (66-224-224)

#42e0e0

vivid and light — a cyan that reads as open.

The Hazel Bluff beside Closing →

RGB (137-225-168)

#89e1a8

moderate and light — a green that reads as open.

When the Ethereal Air Since Lighting →

RGB (223-83-148)

#df5394

vivid and light — a pink that reads as open.

What Rooted Canyon before Passing →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --spring-1: #86d86f;  --spring-2: #c06286;  --spring-3: #c6c16c;  --spring-4: #42e0e0;  --spring-5: #89e1a8;  --spring-6: #df5394;}

More palettes