Earth Mid sets the weight of the palette in warmth and creativity, and Dark Clay is the swatch that breaks rank: a single red that stops the set reading as one note. Dark Clay to Ash Cream spans 77 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Ash Cream 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.
Dark Clay a deep oxblood or garnet, red aged into authority rather than warning.
Warm Umber a dusty taupe-brown, quiet and unassuming.
Earth Mid a burnt or terracotta orange, warmth read through a rustic, sun-worn filter.
Pale Clay a burnt or terracotta orange, warmth read through a rustic, sun-worn filter.
Ash Cream a peach or apricot tint, all the friendliness of orange with none of the volume.
Japanese beauty of imperfection: weathered surfaces, asymmetry, and organic decay
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