PEERIE Color Stories

PEONY: Ballet slipper pink. PATINA: The worn copper of aged metalwork.

COBBLER: A jammy reddish purple BURNISHED: Sophisticated like blackberry pie. olive-brown, like a new pair of Italian leather shoes.

CASSIS: The cheery maroon of KLIMT: The rich ochre gold of willow raspberry-stained fingers. leaves in autumn. Inspired by the paintings of Gustav Klimt’s “golden phase.”

VINTNER: The deep and lingering MARIGOLDS: Pollen-dusted, red of an Oregon pinot noir swirled in golden yellow. the glass.

ALIZARIN: Crimson, a cooler and TINCTURE: Grassy olive oil, less impulsive red than Firebrush. greener and more vivid than Klimt.

FIREBRUSH: Intense, vibrant PARCHMENT: Old libraries. This primary red. vellum neutral is lit with gold and grounded with the faintest hint of cool green.

MESA: The rosy pink of unfired terra HAMMOCK: Natural sheep’s white, cotta. warm and creamy.

BUTTERNUT: The rich roasted MUSLIN: The tawny white of freshly orange of fall squashes and gourds. churned buttermilk.

BUTTE: A foxy rust hue like iron-rich MOREL: Mushroom grey-beige soils — leans redder in Peerie and more warmed with a touch of pink. orange in Arbor. CORTADO: Creamy espresso, as THAW: Cool, silvery white. warm as Carob but lighter in hue.

CAROB: Velvety taupe with both NORWAY: Sea ice. This palest blue warm and cool pigments. Brighter in is shaded with a wash of grey. Peerie, muted in Arbor.

GINGERSNAP: A spicy GATSBY: Cornflower blue. reddish-brown akin to its biscuit namesake.

HICKORY: The familiar brown of ADMIRAL: Bright, sophisticated well-worn, chestnut-stained cobalt. floorboards.

LOAM: The lively, rich brown of NOCTURNE: Dreamy, pensive, drinking chocolate. steel blue.

KETTLE: Labrador black, pure and FLEET: Classic pea-coat navy. Darker basic. in Peerie than it is in Arbor.

HUMPBACK: A complex dark grey TREEHOUSE: A saturated spruce faintly warmed with brown. green that leans toward teal.

HENGE: The silvered grey of ancient RAINIER: A glacial, shaded, serene hewn stone. blue, named for Washington’s tallest peak.

DRIFTWOOD: Pale, weathered NORI: Warm, fathomless, seaweed beige grey. Distinctly warm. green. SEAGLASS: Pale mint, ocean AURORA: The spearmint green of tumbled flotsam. Grandma’s jadeite kitchenware.

WREATH: A glossy emerald green like ivy leaves.

RETIRED COLORS

LOVAT: The muted blue-green of an PALAZZO: Rich cordovan burgundy. old Scottish tweed suit.

GALE: Light grey with a tinge of CALLUNA: Antiqued purple, like lichen green, like French clay. faded floral paintings.

PORTER: Faded black denim, a ARABESQUE: A sophisticated lived-in alternative to true black. greyed mauve of middle value.