Amber Dark sets the weight of the palette in warmth and creativity, and Deep Amber is the swatch that breaks rank: a single brown that stops the set reading as one note. Amber Dark to Clear Warm spans 85 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Saturation averages 67 percent with Amber Dark at the top, which is loud enough that the palette will fight anything else on the page.
Amber Dark a deep rust or umber, orange's heat banked into something earthy and lived-in.
Deep Amber grounds a palette: stability, reliability, the color of wood, soil, and things built to last.
Glass Amber a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Pale Amber an electric, high-visibility yellow: caution and euphoria share the same wavelength here.
Clear Warm a pale butter yellow, gentle brightness, comfort more than alarm.
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