Riad Dark sets the weight of the palette in trust and stability, and Brass Lantern is the swatch that breaks rank: a single orange that stops the set reading as one note. Riad Dark to Courtyard Light spans 82 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Saturation averages 51 percent, present without shouting, with Zellige Blue carrying most of it.
Riad Dark a deep navy or midnight blue, trust deepened into authority and gravity.
Zellige Blue an electric or cobalt blue: trust with real conviction, confident rather than passive.
Brass Lantern signals warmth, approachability, and creative energy, friendlier than red, louder than yellow.
Plaster reads as optimism and clarity, the fastest color to draw the eye, the hardest to ignore.
Courtyard Light a pale butter yellow, gentle brightness, comfort more than alarm.
The sun-logic of three thousand years - Cycladic cubes on volcanic caldera, Moroccan riad courtyard cooling, and the Alhambra's geometric water gardens as the mathematical definition of paradise: thick walls, deep shadow, water at the center.
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