Burnt orange, deep gold, russet, warm brown, and the particular amber of candlelight — the colours of harvest, abundance, and gratitude.
Thanksgiving sits at the heart of autumn, and its palette is autumn distilled into something domestic and warm. These are colours of the table and the land — the burnt orange of acorn squash roasted at the edges, the deep gold of dried corn, the russet of stored apples, the warm brown of pecan and walnut, the amber of apple cider in a glass. They are colours that feel earned rather than chosen, colours of abundance gathered before the cold closes in. In candlelight, every one of them deepens and warms further. This is a palette for the long table, the slow afternoon, the particular quality of late November light.
RGB (124-70-19)
#7c4613
vivid and dark — a orange that reads as grounded.
When Spent Carbon beside Despairing →RGB (187-88-27)
#bb581b
This medium orange sits at the vivid end of its family.
The Ingrained Cape round Steadying →RGB (142-131-31)
#8e831f
A moderate yellow: dark, considered, and steady.
What the Burnished Acre among Balancing →RGB (205-55-35)
#cd3723
This medium red sits at the vivid end of its family.
When Frugal Bog off Lining →RGB (179-122-30)
#b37a1e
vivid and medium — a orange that reads as grounded.
When Lukewarm Border throughout Drawing →:root { --thanksgiving-1: #7c4613; --thanksgiving-2: #bb581b; --thanksgiving-3: #8e831f; --thanksgiving-4: #cd3723; --thanksgiving-5: #b37a1e;}