Memphis

Squiggle pattern - postmodern and playful

This is one of several color interpretations commonly associated with Memphis.

Part of the Playfulness & Joy mood, alongside Kidcore and Corporate Memphis. Began in the 1980s, on the style timeline.

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PaletteMemphis
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squiggle pattern - postmodern and playful

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Hex Reference
#FFFFFFWhite Paper
#FF3366Coral Pink
#FFCC00Canary Yellow
#00CCFFSky Blue
#9933FFGrape
Color Psychology

White Paper sets the weight of the palette in purity and simplicity, and Coral Pink is the swatch that breaks rank: a single red that stops the set reading as one note. Saturation averages 80 percent with Coral Pink at the top, which is loud enough that the palette will fight anything else on the page. Coral Pink and Sky Blue sit on opposite sides of the temperature line, which is the tension the palette runs on and the pair to hold apart.

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White Paper#FFFFFF

White Paper reads as purity and openness, the color of empty space, clarity, and things left deliberately unresolved.

Coral Pink#FF3366

Coral Pink reads as pure adrenaline: alarm, desire, the color of things that move fast.

Canary Yellow#FFCC00

Canary Yellow an electric, high-visibility yellow: caution and euphoria share the same wavelength here.

Sky Blue#00CCFF

Sky Blue an electric or cobalt blue: trust with real conviction, confident rather than passive.

Grape#9933FF

Grape a saturated violet or amethyst: creativity and luxury with real confidence.

The Aesthetic

80s Italian design movement with geometric patterns, terrazzo, and bold colors

Explore the full Memphis style guideIts decade on the timeline · 1980s
More Memphis Interpretations
Memphis Pastel
Knowing irony in pastel: squiggle and dot against black
Sotsass
1981 Memphis launch: Ettore Sotsass and the anti-good-taste
Tokyo Memphis
Japanese Memphis: kawaii meets Sottsass in Harajuku
Postmodern Soft
Diluted Memphis: squiggle faded through a decade of nostalgia
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About This Palette
What colors are in the Memphis color palette?

5 colors, calibrated to work as one system.

The swatches

  1. White Paper: #FFFFFF
  2. Coral Pink: #FF3366
  3. Canary Yellow: #FFCC00
  4. Sky Blue: #00CCFF
  5. Grape: #9933FF
What mood does the Memphis color palette convey?

Squiggle pattern - postmodern and playful

How do I use the Memphis color palette?

Best applied to

  1. Playful product brands
  2. Modern furniture
  3. Boutique retail
What are the hex codes for the Memphis palette?

Hex codes

  1. #FFFFFF
  2. #FF3366
  3. #FFCC00
  4. #00CCFF
  5. #9933FF

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