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🍂 Autumn Color Palette 1987

Deep oranges, warm reds, golden yellows, rich browns, and the occasional surprise of crimson — the most painterly season.

1986 1987 1988

Autumn is the most painterly season. As chlorophyll retreats from the leaves, the pigments that were always there — carotenoids and anthocyanins — are revealed in a last, extravagant display that lasts only weeks before the frost takes them. The result is a palette that feels simultaneously warm and melancholic: the amber of maple, the rust of oak, the deep crimson of liquidambar, the gold of birch catching low afternoon light. Against a sky that has shifted from summer blue to a cooler, more considered grey-blue, these colours glow as if lit from within. The air smells of woodsmoke and damp earth. This palette draws from all of that — the warmth of the fire and the chill of the shadow, the brilliance of the leaf and the darkness of the bark beneath.

The 6 colors

RGB (226-152-34)

#e29822

A vivid orange: medium, considered, and steady.

The Bluff betwixt Ample Ripening →

RGB (156-50-48)

#9c3230

This medium red sits at the moderate end of its family.

The Mellowed Atoll betwixt Knitting →

RGB (232-199-33)

#e8c721

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

Calm Bay by the Fastening →

RGB (235-61-107)

#eb3d6b

This light pink sits at the vivid end of its family.

The Rough Canyon opposite Collecting →

RGB (203-97-26)

#cb611a

vivid and medium — a orange that reads as grounded.

Mossbacked Arch across the Embedding →

RGB (134-64-45)

#86402d

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

The Basin off Grave-toned Grounding →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --autumn-1: #e29822;  --autumn-2: #9c3230;  --autumn-3: #e8c721;  --autumn-4: #eb3d6b;  --autumn-5: #cb611a;  --autumn-6: #86402d;}

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