Seine Blue sets the weight of the palette in trust and stability, and Sunlit Grass is the swatch that breaks rank: a single chartreuse that stops the set reading as one note. Parasol Orange and Seine Blue sit on opposite sides of the temperature line, which is the tension the palette runs on and the pair to hold apart. Shadow Violet and Chalk Light sit 43 points of lightness apart, enough to separate a foreground from a background without forcing it.
Seine Blue is the most trusted color in color psychology: competence, stability, calm, used constantly by institutions that need to be believed.
Sunlit Grass sits between yellow and green, a slightly unstable, electric freshness that reads as novel.
Parasol Orange a citrus-bright orange: enthusiasm, playfulness, an unmistakable call to attention.
Shadow Violet has carried luxury and rarity for millennia, historically the most expensive pigment to produce, still read as premium.
Chalk Light a pale butter yellow, gentle brightness, comfort more than alarm.
Pictures built from thousands of dots of pure colour, left unmixed so the eye blends them at a distance
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