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Paul Nash Palette 5

Soft Apricot
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Apricot Soft warm orange - peach-adjacent, the color of ripe stone fruit.
Paul Nash Palette 5 - Soft Apricot

Color Composition

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Colors
#A08D5B
18.60%
#C4B697
18.60%
#BFA974
16.10%
#82704B
9.90%
#999382
9.00%
#B49274
7.90%
#A2793C
7.90%
#634F3B
5.10%
#995C3E
5.10%
#3D3129
1.70%

Palette Analysis

The high-key values of Paul Nash give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. Chroma is held at a comfortable level - distinct colours, but no single hue is allowed to overwhelm. Only 7.9% is devoted to #B49274, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The value range of 46 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. In the context of Paul Nash's full range of palettes, group 5 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

  • interior design
  • furniture brands
  • cookbook publishing
  • wine & spirits
  • food packaging

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