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🌸 Spring Color Palette 2014

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.

2013 2014 2015

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 (100-208-98)

#64d062

moderate and light — a green that reads as open.

The Basin atop Muted-gold Forging →

RGB (204-117-162)

#cc75a2

moderate and light — a pink that reads as open.

The Cape along Earnest Closing →

RGB (221-202-126)

#ddca7e

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

When Chaste Aura circa Cleansing →

RGB (93-187-187)

#5dbbbb

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

The Toasted Canyon up Bordering →

RGB (120-222-167)

#78dea7

moderate and light — a green that reads as open.

The Cascade of Cool off Aerating →

RGB (227-181-211)

#e3b5d3

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

When Limpid Air unto Blanching →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --spring-1: #64d062;  --spring-2: #cc75a2;  --spring-3: #ddca7e;  --spring-4: #5dbbbb;  --spring-5: #78dea7;  --spring-6: #e3b5d3;}

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