Velvet Dark sets the weight of the palette in boldness and unconventionality, and Hot Pink Kitsch is the swatch that breaks rank: a single pink that stops the set reading as one note. Saturation averages 90 percent with Hot Pink Kitsch at the top, which is loud enough that the palette will fight anything else on the page. Hot Pink Kitsch and Electric Blue sit on opposite sides of the temperature line, which is the tension the palette runs on and the pair to hold apart.
Velvet Dark a deep berry or plum-magenta, intensity matured into richness.
Hot Pink Kitsch a hot, saturated pink: playful, confident, deliberately unserious.
Electric Blue an electric or cobalt blue: trust with real conviction, confident rather than passive.
Kitsch Orange a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Lime Neon an acid, almost radioactive yellow-green: synthetic, energetic, hard to look away from.
More is more: layered patterns, saturated color, and decorative abundance
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