Prussian sets the weight of the palette in trust and stability, and Lead White is the swatch that breaks rank: a single orange that stops the set reading as one note. Prussian to Lead White spans 79 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Saturation averages 49 percent, present without shouting, with Ultramarine carrying most of it.
Prussian a deep navy or midnight blue, trust deepened into authority and gravity.
Ultramarine an electric or cobalt blue: trust with real conviction, confident rather than passive.
Cerulean is the most trusted color in color psychology: competence, stability, calm, used constantly by institutions that need to be believed.
Pale Sky a pale sky blue, calm without weight, open, breathable, unguarded.
Lead White a peach or apricot tint, all the friendliness of orange with none of the volume.
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