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🌸 Spring Color Palette 2011

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.

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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 (167-236-176)

#a7ecb0

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

The Seraphic Brilliance near Blossoming →

RGB (206-136-194)

#ce88c2

A light, moderate magenta with a quiet presence.

The Alabaster despite Lilting Streaming →

RGB (224-217-159)

#e0d99f

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

What the Dewy Breath before Dancing →

RGB (112-189-225)

#70bde1

A vivid blue: light, considered, and steady.

Cheerful Breath out the Lifting →

RGB (186-236-177)

#baecb1

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

Spirited Air from the Heightening →

RGB (229-169-207)

#e5a9cf

A very light, moderate pink with a quiet presence.

What the High Alabaster till Greeting →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --spring-1: #a7ecb0;  --spring-2: #ce88c2;  --spring-3: #e0d99f;  --spring-4: #70bde1;  --spring-5: #baecb1;  --spring-6: #e5a9cf;}

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