Persimmon Eaves, a japanese colour palette of 5 swatches
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Persimmon Eaves

Five colours only, for posters and covers that want autumn warmth and one cold note to stop it going syrupy.

CategoryJapanese
Colours5, one ink, one paper, one accent
Ink on paper13.56:1, AAA
AccentWinter Indigo, 6.06:1 on paper
Temperaturewarm
Colour visionstays separable, red and green
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 5 colours

Roof Tile is the ink and Rice Paper is the paper, which is the pair every measurement on this page is taken between. Winter Indigo is the accent, so it is the one that should appear least.

  1. Roof Tile#2a2521 Ink
  2. Kaki#d0662b Base
  3. Susuki Grass#baa887 Base
  4. Rice Paper#f7f2e5 Paper
  5. Winter Indigo#2c5f88 Accent

#2a2521 #d0662b #baa887 #f7f2e5 #2c5f88

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