Cold Cuts and Chutney Color Palette
A Boxing Day palette: pink ham and salmon tones, pickle and bay greens, mustard and chocolate-coin golds, with slate grays and oatmeal whites for the gray light coming through the window. The browns and near-blacks are deep enough for lettering, and the pale grays make quiet backgrounds for a cluttered table scene. Good for food illustration, recipe cards, and the sleepy end of the holidays.
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About This Free Palette
::: What you get :::
- -30 colors · a full Procreate palette, no empty slots
- -.swatches · Procreate
- -.ase · Photoshop, Illustrator, Affinity
- -.gpl · GIMP, Krita, Inkscape
- -.css · CSS variables
- -Hex codes · listed below, click any one to copy it
::: How you may use it :::
- Use these colors in anything you make, personal or commercial.
- Sell the artwork, products and designs you create with them.
- Do not sell, share or redistribute the palette itself, its files or its color list, on their own or inside a bundle.
In short: the palette is a tool for your work, not a product to resell. No sign-up and no credit needed.
How to open your file
These are palette files, not documents. Most apps load them from their swatches panel rather than from File, Open.
Procreate .swatches
- 1Download the file on your iPad.
- 2Tap it in Files or in Safari downloads.
- 3Procreate opens and the palette appears at the top of your Palettes list.
Illustrator .ase
- 1Window, then Swatches.
- 2Open the panel menu, the small lines at the top right of the panel.
- 3Open Swatch Library, then Other Library, then pick the .ase.
Opening the file from File, Open will say "unknown format". That is normal for every .ase.
Photoshop .ase
- 1Window, then Swatches.
- 2Open the panel menu at the top right of the panel.
- 3Import Swatches, then pick the .ase.
Affinity Designer and Photo .ase
- 1Open the Swatches panel.
- 2Open the panel menu, then Import Palette, then As Document Palette.
GIMP, Krita and Inkscape .gpl
- 1Open the palette panel or docker.
- 2Import, then pick the .gpl. In GIMP you can also drop it into your palettes folder.
The 30 colors
Cold Cuts and Chutney hex codes: #f3efe4, #e9e7de, #f6dc96, #d7dad4, #efc6bb, #f0c352, #c6c88c, #bcc4c1, #e0a99c, #e0a52c, #a8ae6b, #9aa8a8, #c98a7c, #c98a1e, #8a8f4e, #78898b, #b56a5c, #8c6f4a, #6d7440, #9a4f45, #5a6b6e, #6f5a3a, #7d3b38, #4f5630, #5c4630, #3d4a4c, #4a3b2a, #3a3128, #2b2420, #1d1a17
