Wat Lacquer, a thai colour palette of 7 swatches
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Wat Lacquer

Reach for this when a piece should look gilded onto wood: ornament, monograms, festival announcements, anything where red is the field and gold is the drawing.

CategoryThai
Colours7, one ink, one paper, one accent
Ink on paper15.74:1, AAA
AccentJade Inset, 4.38:1 on paper
Temperaturewarm
Colour visionstays separable, red and green
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 7 colours

Teak Beam is the ink and Chalked Wall is the paper, which is the pair every measurement on this page is taken between. Jade Inset is the accent, so it is the one that should appear least.

  1. Teak Beam#1a0f0a Ink
  2. Cinnabar Lacquer#8f2018 Base
  3. Temple Vermilion#cc4a2c Base
  4. Gold Leaf#cfa227 Base
  5. Incense Ash#a2917a Support
  6. Chalked Wall#f4ead5 Paper
  7. Jade Inset#1c7a63 Accent

#1a0f0a #8f2018 #cc4a2c #cfa227 #a2917a #f4ead5 #1c7a63

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