Deep oranges, warm reds, golden yellows, rich browns, and the occasional surprise of crimson — the most painterly season.
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.
RGB (214-150-46)
#d6962e
This medium orange sits at the vivid end of its family.
When Certain Acre above Sowing →RGB (209-81-71)
#d15147
moderate and light — a red that reads as open.
The Bog of Old-fashioned Inside Grounding →RGB (226-177-29)
#e2b11d
This medium yellow sits at the vivid end of its family.
The Bluff from Earnest Setting →RGB (211-34-49)
#d32231
This medium red sits at the vivid end of its family.
Imperturbable Brook until the Depositing →RGB (224-166-66)
#e0a642
A light, vivid orange with a quiet presence.
The Brook atop Self-possessed Buffering →RGB (189-63-40)
#bd3f28
This medium red sits at the vivid end of its family.
When the Timeworn Basin from Tending →:root { --autumn-1: #d6962e; --autumn-2: #d15147; --autumn-3: #e2b11d; --autumn-4: #d32231; --autumn-5: #e0a642; --autumn-6: #bd3f28;}