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🌸 Spring Color Palette 1989

Fresh greens, soft blossoms, warm yellows, and the tentative blues of a sky beginning to open — the colours of a world coming back to life.

1988 1989 1990

Spring arrives as a negotiation between the last cold and the first warmth. The colours appear tentative at first — pale greens barely distinguishable from grey, blossoms that look almost white in early morning light — and then, suddenly, vivid. Forsythia turns the hedgerows gold before a single leaf has appeared. Cherry blossom opens in a pink so delicate it seems to hover in the air. The sky shifts from winter's flat white through a pale, luminous blue that feels like a promise. This palette tries to hold all of that at once: the freshness of new grass, the warmth of early daffodils, the soft lilac of wisteria just beginning to open, and the cool clarity of April light.

The 6 colors

RGB (83-213-144)

#53d590

This light green sits at the moderate end of its family.

The Lean Basin up Knitting →

RGB (233-160-193)

#e9a0c1

A moderate pink: very light, considered, and steady.

Downy Alabaster toward the Blossoming →

RGB (241-232-172)

#f1e8ac

vivid and very light — a yellow that reads as open.

Gleaming Beam opposite Awakening →

RGB (165-212-223)

#a5d4df

A moderate cyan: very light, considered, and steady.

What the Frolicsome Beam amidst Fluttering →

RGB (84-216-79)

#54d84f

A light, moderate green with a quiet presence.

What the Tawny Acre unto Bordering →

RGB (235-158-231)

#eb9ee7

This very light magenta sits at the vivid end of its family.

The Bloom of Wide till Chiming →

CSS custom properties

:root {  --spring-1: #53d590;  --spring-2: #e9a0c1;  --spring-3: #f1e8ac;  --spring-4: #a5d4df;  --spring-5: #54d84f;  --spring-6: #eb9ee7;}

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