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🦃 Thanksgiving Color Palette 2011

Burnt orange, deep gold, russet, warm brown, and the particular amber of candlelight — the colours of harvest, abundance, and gratitude.

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Thanksgiving sits at the heart of autumn, and its palette is autumn distilled into something domestic and warm. These are colours of the table and the land — the burnt orange of acorn squash roasted at the edges, the deep gold of dried corn, the russet of stored apples, the warm brown of pecan and walnut, the amber of apple cider in a glass. They are colours that feel earned rather than chosen, colours of abundance gathered before the cold closes in. In candlelight, every one of them deepens and warms further. This is a palette for the long table, the slow afternoon, the particular quality of late November light.

The 5 colors

RGB (143-117-45)

#8f752d

This dark orange sits at the moderate end of its family.

The Bay beneath Fathomed Crossing →

RGB (135-64-38)

#874026

A moderate orange: dark, considered, and steady.

Solid Border up Abiding →

RGB (137-135-31)

#89871f

moderate and dark — a yellow that reads as grounded.

What the Quiet Atoll Inside Melting →

RGB (124-47-19)

#7c2f13

A vivid orange: dark, considered, and steady.

When Pallid Brine out Breaking →

RGB (130-101-23)

#826517

vivid and dark — a orange that reads as grounded.

The Bog of Forbearing without Flowing →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --thanksgiving-1: #8f752d;  --thanksgiving-2: #874026;  --thanksgiving-3: #89871f;  --thanksgiving-4: #7c2f13;  --thanksgiving-5: #826517;}

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