Guimard Green sets the weight of the palette in growth and balance, and Iron Dark is the swatch that breaks rank: a single chartreuse that stops the set reading as one note. Iron Dark to Tile spans 82 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Art Nouveau Gold and Tile are the only chromatic swatches here and both are warm, so the palette leans forward with nothing to pull it back.
Iron Dark a deep olive, chartreuse's edge dulled into camouflage and restraint.
Guimard Green signals growth, balance, and permission, the color of go, of nature, of money in Western contexts.
Enamel signals growth, balance, and permission, the color of go, of nature, of money in Western contexts.
Art Nouveau Gold reads as optimism and clarity, the fastest color to draw the eye, the hardest to ignore.
Tile a peach or apricot tint, all the friendliness of orange with none of the volume.
Nature set loose in iron and glass - Art Nouveau dissolved the straight line into whiplash curves, tendrils, and organic ornament, from Victor Horta's Brussels townhouses to Hector Guimard's Paris Métro entrances and Gaudí's molten Catalan facades.
Explore the full Art Nouveau style guideIts decade on the timeline · 1890s