Africa
Morocco Color Palette
Saffron, terracotta, and Majorelle Blue — the spectrum of an Atlas-edge market.
The palette
Cultural context
Morocco's visual identity moves between two registers: the desert-light terracotta of pisé walls and the mountain-edge saturated blues of Chefchaouen. The signature Majorelle Blue is named after painter Jacques Majorelle, who from 1937 painted the studio and walls of his Marrakech garden in it, and has since become inseparable from the country's design exports. Saffron, henna, and indigo dyes — all once traded along trans-Saharan caravans — supply the warm half of the palette.
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Copy as CSS
:root {
--majorelle-blue: #6050dc;
--pise-terracotta: #c75b3d;
--saffron: #f4c430;
--mint-tea-green: #62a87c;
--henna-red: #964b00;
--chefchaouen-blue: #7bafd4;
--atlas-white: #f2ead3;
}Copy as Tailwind
@theme {
--color-majorelle-blue: #6050dc;
--color-pise-terracotta: #c75b3d;
--color-saffron: #f4c430;
--color-mint-tea-green: #62a87c;
--color-henna-red: #964b00;
--color-chefchaouen-blue: #7bafd4;
--color-atlas-white: #f2ead3;
}Further reading
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