Deep indigo, soft silver, bamboo green, and the pale pastels of paper wishes hung on summer branches — the colours of a Japanese star festival.
Tanabata — the Star Festival — celebrates the once-yearly meeting of two star deities, Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair), separated by the Milky Way and allowed to cross it only on the seventh night of the seventh month. People write their wishes on tanzaku — small strips of coloured paper — and hang them on bamboo branches alongside paper decorations. The palette reflects the occasion: the deep indigo of the night sky, the silver of stars and the Milky Way, the green of the bamboo that holds the wishes, and the pale pastels of the tanzaku themselves — pink, yellow, pale blue, soft green — each wish a small colour hung in the summer air.
#5170cd
RGB(81, 112, 205) · hsl(225, 55%, 56%)
A light, moderate blue with a quiet presence.
The Bay Around Sienna Fitting →#219397
RGB(33, 147, 151) · hsl(182, 64%, 36%)
A dark, moderate cyan with a quiet presence.
The Brook of Attentive into Depositing →#7bd44e
RGB(123, 212, 78) · hsl(100, 61%, 57%)
A light, moderate green with a quiet presence.
When Bronzed Basin before Tying →#b856aa
RGB(184, 86, 170) · hsl(309, 41%, 53%)
moderate and medium — a magenta that reads as open.
Dependable Atoll outside the Pausing →#817cb6
RGB(129, 124, 182) · hsl(245, 28%, 60%)
muted and light — a blue that reads as open.
Copper Bluff within Moving →:root { --tanabata-1: #5170cd; --tanabata-2: #219397; --tanabata-3: #7bd44e; --tanabata-4: #b856aa; --tanabata-5: #817cb6;}