Penny Post Color Palette
Muted stamp inks in oxblood, sepia, moss and airmail blue, sitting on gummed-paper creams, oat and pale linen. The deep near-black and plum work for franking marks, lettering and outlines, while the dusty mids fill in illustrated scenes. Good for travel journals, ephemera collage, postcard designs and anything that wants a slightly worn printed look.
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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
Penny Post hex codes: #f3efe4, #efe6d6, #e8dcc6, #dcd2bc, #cbd6c4, #e0c98f, #d2c7b8, #d9b48a, #c9a04c, #8fa9c4, #c08a6a, #7fa08a, #b8763c, #94833a, #b5606a, #5b7fa3, #a85c3a, #4f7d5e, #8c4a56, #7a4a1f, #2e6076, #3f5b34, #6d2f38, #5b3a2e, #2f4340, #45303c, #1f3b52, #3a2f2a, #2b2239, #1d1a22
