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 (151-97-28)
#97611c
This dark orange sits at the vivid end of its family.
Calm Cape up Weaving →RGB (222-86-74)
#de564a
A vivid red: light, considered, and steady.
Antique Basin circa the Guarding →RGB (222-205-74)
#decd4a
A vivid yellow: light, considered, and steady.
Warm Acre betwixt the Drifting →RGB (213-21-56)
#d51538
vivid and medium — a red that reads as grounded.
When the Methodical Brook after Curving →RGB (231-138-24)
#e78a18
vivid and medium — a orange that reads as open.
When the Venerable Basin up Passing →RGB (232-38-38)
#e82626
A medium, vivid red with a quiet presence.
Autumnal Brook across Centering →:root { --autumn-1: #97611c; --autumn-2: #de564a; --autumn-3: #decd4a; --autumn-4: #d51538; --autumn-5: #e78a18; --autumn-6: #e82626;}