Shag Brown sets the weight of the palette in warmth and creativity, and Avocado is the swatch that breaks rank: a single chartreuse that stops the set reading as one note. Dark Base to Harvest Cream spans 81 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. 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 Brown a burnt or terracotta orange, warmth read through a rustic, sun-worn filter.
Burnt Orange a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Avocado sits between yellow and green, a slightly unstable, electric freshness that reads as novel.
Harvest Cream a peach or apricot tint, all the friendliness of orange with none of the volume.
Dark Base a deep oxblood or garnet, red aged into authority rather than warning.
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