Izakaya Alley, a japanese colour palette of 7 swatches
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Izakaya Alley

Night work: signage, food illustration and anything lit from a lantern rather than from the sky.

CategoryJapanese
Colours7, one ink, one paper, one accent
Ink on paper16.72:1, AAA
AccentChochin Red, 4.49:1 on ink
Temperaturebalanced
Colour visionclosest pair 6.77 deltaE, red and green
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 7 colours

Night Sumi is the ink and Steam is the paper, which is the pair every measurement on this page is taken between. Chochin Red is the accent, so it is the one that should appear least.

  1. Night Sumi#0d1015 Ink
  2. Wet Asphalt#232a32 Base
  3. Noren Indigo#2d4d6e Base
  4. Lantern Glow#e6d3a4 Base
  5. Bamboo Shade#5f6b50 Support
  6. Steam#edf1ef Paper
  7. Chochin Red#d84a35 Accent

#0d1015 #232a32 #2d4d6e #e6d3a4 #5f6b50 #edf1ef #d84a35

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