Video Store Aisle, a retro colour palette of 8 swatches
Retro

Video Store Aisle

The cold end of the shelf: dense layouts, late night subjects, and eight colours when six will not fill the space.

CategoryRetro
Colours8, one ink, one paper, one accent
Ink on paper14.72:1, AAA
AccentRewind Magenta, 4.14:1 on paper
Temperaturebalanced
Colour visionclosest pair 1.8 deltaE, red and green
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 8 colours

Aisle Dark is the ink and Fluorescent White is the paper, which is the pair every measurement on this page is taken between. Rewind Magenta is the accent, so it is the one that should appear least.

  1. Aisle Dark#201a2a Ink
  2. Shelf Navy#24406b Base
  3. Aisle Carpet#3d2c4d Base
  4. Faded Teal#4f9b9b Base
  5. Tape Grey#7d7d87 Support
  6. Poster Yellow#e3b93f Base
  7. Fluorescent White#eef0ea Paper
  8. Rewind Magenta#c2418a Accent

#201a2a #24406b #3d2c4d #4f9b9b #7d7d87 #e3b93f #eef0ea #c2418a

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