Palettes · 10, growing
Coordinated colour, with role names.
A palette without role labels is just a colour list. These declare what each hex is for — bg, ink, accent, mute, rule — so they slot into a real design system without further translation. Click any palette for the live UI mock, contrast ratios, and copy-paste exports. Add yours via a PR.
light · 5 colours
Archive vellum
Library catalogue palette — vellum paper, dark sepia ink, processed-stamp red.
light · 5 colours
Drafting blueprint
Engineer's working drawing — graph paper, ink, red rev marks, sky-blue dimension lines.
light · 6 colours
Editorial olive
Warm paper, soft black, one olive accent that earns its keep by appearing twice.
either · 4 colours
E-paper warm grey
Warm grey-white background and a deep warm-black ink. No accent, by rule.
light · 5 colours
Gazette broadsheet
Newsprint cream + soft black + broadsheet red, with one classifieds blue.
dark · 5 colours
Halation cinema
Deep film black + cream paper + warm halation bleed.
dark · 5 colours
Phosphor amber
Near-black ground with amber phosphor everywhere — one terminal, one century ago.
light · 4 colours
Risograph fluo
Off-white paper, soft black, one fluorescent orange that does all the work.
light · 6 colours
Scrapbook kraft
Kraft board + a sticky-note rainbow — yellow, pink, and one marker red.
light · 5 colours
Windows 98 desktop
Teal desktop · silver chrome · navy title bars · the only colour 1998 trusted.