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🌸 Spring Color Palette 2016

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 (98-192-139)

#62c08b

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

The Anchored Bay beyond Steadying →

RGB (232-146-183)

#e892b7

vivid and very light — a pink that reads as open.

The Aurora of Enchanting out Fledging →

RGB (229-223-159)

#e5df9f

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

What the Incandescent Aura via Lilting →

RGB (74-145-207)

#4a91cf

moderate and light — a blue that reads as open.

What the Quiescent Acre between Stirring →

RGB (201-225-188)

#c9e1bc

A very light, muted green with a quiet presence.

Celestial Alabaster round Carolling →

RGB (193-123-192)

#c17bc0

muted and light — a magenta that reads as open.

The Hardy Cape on Dividing →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --spring-1: #62c08b;  --spring-2: #e892b7;  --spring-3: #e5df9f;  --spring-4: #4a91cf;  --spring-5: #c9e1bc;  --spring-6: #c17bc0;}

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