Ink and Foxed Paper Color Palette
Dark walnut and oxblood leather at one end, brass and honey gilt through the middle, and a long run of aged paper creams and dust greens to rest everything on. Two muted teals stand in for library lamp shades and marbled endpapers. Good for bookish lettering, journal covers, sepia-toned character work, and anything that wants to look a hundred years old.
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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
Ink and Foxed Paper hex codes: #f1ebda, #eae2ce, #e1d9c2, #d6ceb4, #c9c1a6, #bcb59b, #c4a35e, #aba892, #b8964a, #9b9a85, #ab8a5c, #8e8b76, #a07d4b, #7c7f6b, #946c52, #8a6a3c, #6a6f5e, #7d5a45, #5b5f52, #71553d, #6b4a28, #3f5250, #5a4632, #4d2f2b, #46331f, #2b3a3a, #3a2c22, #2e2621, #241d18, #1a1613
