Vinyl Black sets the weight of the palette in urgency and appetite, and Kraft Paper is the swatch that breaks rank: a single brown that stops the set reading as one note. Vinyl Black to Liner Note spans 84 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Liner Note 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.
Vinyl Black a deep oxblood or garnet, red aged into authority rather than warning.
Label Shadow a deep oxblood or garnet, red aged into authority rather than warning.
Kraft Paper a dusty taupe-brown, quiet and unassuming.
Sleeve Tan signals warmth, approachability, and creative energy, friendlier than red, louder than yellow.
Liner Note a peach or apricot tint, all the friendliness of orange with none of the volume.
Visual design that captures the energy and identity of music
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