Fire red, deep flame orange, bright cobalt, and the gold of sparks against a night sky — the colours of a Valencian festival that ends in spectacular combustion.
Las Fallas takes place in Valencia each March around the feast of Saint Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. For months, artists and neighbourhoods construct enormous papier-mâché figures — ninots — some reaching five storeys high, satirising politicians, celebrities, and the events of the year. On the final night, La Cremà, almost all of them are burned. The palette is defined by fire: the deep red of the base flame, the bright orange of the middle, the gold and white of the tips, the electric blue of the fireworks (mascletàs) that fill the air throughout the festival. It is a palette of creation and destruction held in the same moment.
RGB(157,18,11) · hsl(3, 87%, 33%)
#9d120b
A vivid red: dark, considered, and steady.
The Grounded Cape amidst Balancing →RGB(186,110,33) · hsl(30, 70%, 43%)
#ba6e21
vivid and medium — a orange that reads as grounded.
Certain Arch circa the Weighing →RGB(51,135,225) · hsl(211, 74%, 54%)
#3387e1
vivid and medium — a blue that reads as open.
Even Bay behind the Resting →RGB(145,134,13) · hsl(55, 84%, 31%)
#91860d
This dark yellow sits at the vivid end of its family.
The Alcove beside Quiescent Drifting →RGB(193,59,21) · hsl(13, 80%, 42%)
#c13b15
This medium red sits at the vivid end of its family.
The Rich Bluff in the Brewing →:root { --las-fallas-1: #9d120b; --las-fallas-2: #ba6e21; --las-fallas-3: #3387e1; --las-fallas-4: #91860d; --las-fallas-5: #c13b15;}