A palette that holds a collection together

A collection looks cohesive when its images share a restricted palette. Each work here is built from five colours, running from dark to light.

Dark to light

The darkest colour anchors shadows and silhouettes, the lightest drives skies and highlights, and the three in between carry mid-tones and accents. Keeping the steps evenly spaced in brightness stops images from looking muddy.

Naming moods

The palettes have simple names: dawn, nordic, ember, sage, ocean, violet, sand, mono, citrus, autumn, rose, mint and fire. A palette is more a mood than a colour: dawn is warm and soft, nordic is cool and quiet, fire is high in contrast.

Variety inside a set

Collections reuse a small family of palettes, so browsing one feels consistent even when the subjects differ. The colours used for each work are shown on its page.

Browse the collections to see the effect.