Bowling Alley, a retro colour palette of 7 swatches
Retro

Bowling Alley

When the whole thing wants to be warm wood and low light, and one cold colour has to cut through it.

CategoryRetro
Colours7, one ink, one paper, one accent
Ink on paper13.37:1, AAA
AccentAlley Aqua, 4.79:1 on ink
Temperaturewarm
Colour visionclosest pair 9.45 deltaE, red and green
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 7 colours

Lane Shadow is the ink and Pin White is the paper, which is the pair every measurement on this page is taken between. Alley Aqua is the accent, so it is the one that should appear least.

  1. Lane Shadow#2b211c Ink
  2. Carpet Plum#4a3550 Support
  3. Ball Maroon#7d3a3d Base
  4. Maple Lane#c09763 Base
  5. Pin Light Amber#e0a33c Base
  6. Pin White#f2ece2 Paper
  7. Alley Aqua#3f9c96 Accent

#2b211c #4a3550 #7d3a3d #c09763 #e0a33c #f2ece2 #3f9c96

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