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❄️ Winter Color Palette 2014

Cool blues, icy whites, deep evergreen, silver frost, and the quiet drama of bare branches against a pale sky.

2013 2014 2015

Winter is a study in restraint. The season drains the landscape of warmth and reduces its palette to essentials: the deep, deliberate green of pine and spruce against a white field, the blue shadow that forms in the hollow of a snowdrift, the near-black of bare birch branches traced against a pale sky, the brief, vivid red of holly berries or rose hips — vivid precisely because of their rarity in a world gone grey. Ice on a window turns the light silver. Frost turns grass to glass. The sky moves through a sequence of whites and blue-greys that can look almost lavender at dusk. There is beauty in this palette, but it is a quiet beauty that asks you to look carefully and move slowly.

The 6 colors

RGB (83-133-202)

#5385ca

A moderate blue: light, considered, and steady.

Russet Alcove into the Aging →

RGB (121-119-177)

#7977b1

A light, muted blue with a quiet presence.

Mellow Acre by the Fitting →

RGB (43-105-81)

#2b6951

A dark, moderate cyan with a quiet presence.

Eclipsed Ash amid the Defiling →

RGB (165-76-69)

#a54c45

A moderate red: medium, considered, and steady.

The Forthcoming Bluff past the Gathering →

RGB (69-77-104)

#454d68

This dark blue sits at the muted end of its family.

When the Constant Acre among Lasting →

RGB (144-134-198)

#9086c6

muted and light — a blue that reads as open.

Empyreal Candle for Blossoming →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --winter-1: #5385ca;  --winter-2: #7977b1;  --winter-3: #2b6951;  --winter-4: #a54c45;  --winter-5: #454d68;  --winter-6: #9086c6;}

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