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Mackerel Sky, a sky colour palette of 7 swatches
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Mackerel Sky

A long silver ramp built for cloud studies and any illustration assembled from many close values rather than a few strong ones.

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CategorySky
Colours7, one ink, one paper, one accent
Ink on paper13.83:1, AAA
AccentKite Red, 4.8:1 on paper
Temperaturecool
Colour visionclosest pair 5.6 deltaE, red and green
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 7 colours

Storm Grey is the ink and Chalk Sky is the paper, which is the pair every measurement on this page is taken between. Kite Red is the accent, so it is the one that should appear least.

  1. Storm Grey#232a30 Ink
  2. Slate Cloud#4c5a66 Base
  3. Scale Blue#7d9db2 Base
  4. Fish Silver#a9bcc6 Base
  5. Ripple White#d8e3e8 Support
  6. Chalk Sky#f6fafb Paper
  7. Kite Red#c1443c Accent

#232a30 #4c5a66 #7d9db2 #a9bcc6 #d8e3e8 #f6fafb #c1443c

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