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🌸 Spring Color Palette 2013

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.

2012 2013 2014

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 (64-221-122)

#40dd7a

This light green sits at the vivid end of its family.

Mature Acre circa the Cooling →

RGB (211-161-206)

#d3a1ce

This very light magenta sits at the muted end of its family.

When Featherlight Aura Around Ensouling →

RGB (210-222-140)

#d2de8c

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

Argent Bloom out Radiating →

RGB (163-211-225)

#a3d3e1

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

Sunbright Brilliance round the Clarifying →

RGB (123-198-124)

#7bc67c

moderate and light — a green that reads as open.

Pragmatic Atoll of Seasoning →

RGB (212-110-157)

#d46e9d

A moderate pink: light, considered, and steady.

The Brook behind Staid Spanning →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --spring-1: #40dd7a;  --spring-2: #d3a1ce;  --spring-3: #d2de8c;  --spring-4: #a3d3e1;  --spring-5: #7bc67c;  --spring-6: #d46e9d;}

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