Void sets the weight of the palette in trust and stability, and Smog Purple is the swatch that breaks rank: a single purple that stops the set reading as one note. Saturation averages 78 percent with Danger Red at the top, which is loud enough that the palette will fight anything else on the page. Danger Red and Void sit on opposite sides of the temperature line, which is the tension the palette runs on and the pair to hold apart.
Void a deep navy or midnight blue, trust deepened into authority and gravity.
Smog Purple a deep aubergine or eggplant, luxury deepened into something almost solemn.
Danger Red reads as pure adrenaline: alarm, desire, the color of things that move fast.
Amber Haze a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Scanner Cyan a bright turquoise or peacock teal: tropical, confident, unmistakably alive.
High tech, low life: neon-drenched dystopia with rain-slick streets
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