Shag Dark sets the weight of the palette in warmth and creativity, and Brown Carpet is the swatch that breaks rank: a single brown that stops the set reading as one note. Burnt Orange and Harvest Gold are close enough in hue and lightness that most people will read them as one colour, which makes them a pair to separate rather than two choices to spend. Burnt Orange is the loudest thing in the set and every swatch beside it is warm too, which gives the palette no way to cool a page down and no colour to rest an eye on.
Shag Dark a deep rust or umber, orange's heat banked into something earthy and lived-in.
Brown Carpet a saturated leather or cognac brown, richness with real presence.
Burnt Orange a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Harvest Gold signals warmth, approachability, and creative energy, friendlier than red, louder than yellow.
Avocado Cream signals warmth, approachability, and creative energy, friendlier than red, louder than yellow.
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