Mulberry color palettes #70294B

A dark fruit red-purple that reads as wine indoors and as ink at dusk.

Where Mulberry comes from

Boiled mulberry and logwood gave European dyers their cheapest route to a rich purple before aniline. The dye browns as it ages, which is why surviving textiles read warmer than the color ever was on the loom.

Also searched as mulberry, wine purple, wine, berry purple, plum red, dye red.

11 palettes built on Mulberry

Each palette anchors on Mulberry #70294B and is validated under daylight, incandescent, fluorescent, and LED light.

Tonal

Mulberry Soft Ladder

Monochrome UI scales and finish studies

light #fde5ec, support #d3b2c3, support #ae7181, support #804665, anchor #70294b, dark #3f0922

Analogous

Mulberry and Young Purple

The neighborhood at full voice — foliage, fruit, saturated print

light #efd6da, support #f498ad, support #c160a6, support #982d40, anchor #70294b, dark #310a26

Mulberry and Mad About Maddie

Gradients, environmental and atmospheric work

light #fdd8d4, support #eda69e, support #978297, support #6e5150, anchor #70294b, dark #2b0f2e

Contrast

Mulberry and Greenish

One opposed voice — editorial and brand statements

light #dce2be, support #d3a5d6, counterpoint #46a265, support #4f6348, anchor #70294b, dark #230605

Mulberry and Field Blue

Warm against cool — the mid-gap companion the complement skips

light #f4daf1, support #d4afda, counterpoint #4477aa, support #4d5a7e, anchor #70294b, dark #050a26

Mulberry and Ginger Crunch

A defensible odd couple — editorial and fashion risk

light #fee8d6, counterpoint #ceaa64, support #ba7176, support #695649, anchor #70294b, dark #1e0806

Mulberry and The Matrix

One opposed voice — editorial and brand statements

light #eaf3d0, counterpoint #68f065, support #a870ba, support #555d46, anchor #70294b, dark #200603

Mulberry and Briny

One opposed voice — editorial and brand statements

light #cfddb9, support #d4afda, counterpoint #217f8b, support #495a6e, anchor #70294b, dark #18061d

Shifted

Mulberry and Lightish Purple

Interiors, packaging, textiles — the cool mid-gap pairing

light #eecee6, support #d3b0ce, counterpoint #a150dc, support #6c4d68, anchor #70294b, dark #180614

Mulberry and Tiger Lily

Interiors, packaging, textiles — the warm mid-gap pairing

light #ffe6e7, support #d3adb1, counterpoint #e45c45, support #6e4c4b, anchor #70294b, dark #21080c

Quiet Support

Mulberry Gallery

Brand systems, print, identity

light #fbeef2, support #c7bac0, support #a0828a, support #605258, anchor #70294b, dark #160d10

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