Deep Kente sets the weight of the palette in urgency and appetite, and Space Black is the swatch that breaks rank: a single magenta that stops the set reading as one note. Space Black to Ivory Ground spans 82 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Saturation averages 62 percent with Kente Gold at the top, which is loud enough that the palette will fight anything else on the page.
Space Black a deep berry or plum-magenta, intensity matured into richness.
Deep Kente a deep oxblood or garnet, red aged into authority rather than warning.
Kente Red reads as pure adrenaline: alarm, desire, the color of things that move fast.
Kente Gold a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Ivory Ground a peach or apricot tint, all the friendliness of orange with none of the volume.
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