Fairground Calico Color Palette
Faded quilting cottons in one place: barn red, dusty rose, chambray and slate blue, with sage and olive greens, mustard and honey golds, and a run of butter, cream and warm gray neutrals. The darks are soft browns rather than black, so patchwork blocks and sampler lettering stay friendly. Good for quilt-style patterns, gingham and calico repeats, farm animal characters, and late summer fair signage.
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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
Fairground Calico hex codes: #f2e4d5, #f0dfae, #d8cec2, #e8cd87, #e3c7b4, #b9cdd9, #bcc79f, #d4ae57, #b3a79a, #94aec2, #d18e93, #9aa87e, #c98374, #b08b3c, #6f8aa3, #b9695c, #b8626a, #7a8560, #a8574b, #8a6a2f, #8c5a45, #546a82, #9b4248, #5c6347, #6b4a3c, #7d2f33, #3f4a5c, #4a3b33, #3c2f2a, #2a2320
