Thatch Dark sets the weight of the palette in warmth and creativity, and Straw is the swatch that breaks rank: a single brown that stops the set reading as one note. Thatch Dark to Cottage Light spans 78 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Straw 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.
Thatch Dark a deep rust or umber, orange's heat banked into something earthy and lived-in.
Straw grounds a palette: stability, reliability, the color of wood, soil, and things built to last.
Cob Wall signals warmth, approachability, and creative energy, friendlier than red, louder than yellow.
Lime Wash signals warmth, approachability, and creative energy, friendlier than red, louder than yellow.
Cottage Light a peach or apricot tint, all the friendliness of orange with none of the volume.
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