Sumi Core sets the weight of the palette in warmth and creativity, and Beni Red is the swatch that breaks rank: a single red that stops the set reading as one note. Sumi Core to Washi Ground spans 82 points of lightness, so the palette can carry its own hierarchy without reaching for a second one. Ochre Block 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.
Sumi Core a deep rust or umber, orange's heat banked into something earthy and lived-in.
Beni Red carries urgency and appetite, the color the eye finds first.
Ochre Block a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Warm Tan signals warmth, approachability, and creative energy, friendlier than red, louder than yellow.
Washi Ground a peach or apricot tint, all the friendliness of orange with none of the volume.
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