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Picture Desk, a editorial colour palette of 6 swatches
Editorial

Picture Desk

Cooler reportage layouts, news features and documentary work, where the page has to recede behind the picture.

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CategoryEditorial
Colours6, one ink, one paper, one accent
Ink on paper15.76:1, AAA
AccentCaption Ochre, 5.89:1 on ink
Temperaturebalanced
Colour visionstays separable, red and green
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 6 colours

Lightbox Off is the ink and Layout Paper is the paper, which is the pair every measurement on this page is taken between. Caption Ochre is the accent, so it is the one that should appear least.

  1. Lightbox Off#12181c Ink
  2. Deep Slate#2c3a42 Base
  3. Newsprint Blue#4e646f Base
  4. Ash Blue#93a5ad Base
  5. Layout Paper#eef1f1 Paper
  6. Caption Ochre#c08a2c Accent

#12181c #2c3a42 #4e646f #93a5ad #eef1f1 #c08a2c

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