Dark Lime sets the weight of the palette in novelty and freshness, and Lemon Acid is the swatch that breaks rank: a single yellow that stops the set reading as one note. Saturation averages 100 percent with Dark Lime at the top, which is loud enough that the palette will fight anything else on the page. Lime Acid and Lemon Acid are close enough in hue and lightness that most people will read them as one colour, which makes them a pair to separate rather than two choices to spend.
Dark Lime a deep olive, chartreuse's edge dulled into camouflage and restraint.
Lime Acid an acid, almost radioactive yellow-green: synthetic, energetic, hard to look away from.
Lemon Acid an electric, high-visibility yellow: caution and euphoria share the same wavelength here.
Citrus Orange a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Maraschino a hot, saturated pink: playful, confident, deliberately unserious.
Rave culture graphics with warped faces, smiley icons, and toxic neon
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