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🦃 Thanksgiving Color Palette 2012

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 (189-136-61)

#bd883d

moderate and medium — a orange that reads as grounded.

The Bay amidst Firm Hedging →

RGB (160-81-44)

#a0512c

A moderate orange: medium, considered, and steady.

Kindly Basin through Carrying →

RGB (126-121-42)

#7e792a

moderate and dark — a yellow that reads as grounded.

Sober Alcove atop the Depositing →

RGB (155-63-49)

#9b3f31

A medium, moderate red with a quiet presence.

Sun-baked Border within the Echoing →

RGB (218-116-27)

#da741b

This medium orange sits at the vivid end of its family.

The Steady Bay During Carrying →

CSS custom properties

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