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Matching the vibe. 🎨
One of my favorite things about building extensive color libraries is seeing how existing colors can capture completely different visual moods.
Fashion, interiors, photography, branding, nature: I love finding connections.
I've been doing these little color-matching experiments for months, using colors from my libraries of 654 dessert-inspired colors, 365 cultural palettes, and 49 luxury color systems.
The references change. The colors are already there. The fun is in finding the right combinations.
Here are a few of my favorites.
P.S. Want me to match the vibe of your work? Any kind of work: branding, illustration, photography, fashion, interiors, anything! Share it below. I'll pick a few and find matching colors from my libraries. 👀
For this one, I rearranged colors from my existing library to match the cakes' layers. 🍰 Same colors, different combinations!
And if you've spent time on Pinterest, you've probably come across some of my palettes already. In the past 30 days alone, they've reached more than 2.7 million views and 31,000 saves. 🥹
The raspberry pink with chocolate brown is such a lovely match, Mariya
Thanks, Thayline! This is my most recent favorite combo with Chocolate Shard. And I am also obsessed with tonal trios, these always do magic for any type of content: from packaging, through interior and fashion to UI.
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