A seasonal material study / 052
Cold Moon
Snowberry, balsam fir & winterberry.
A Vermont farmhouse on the longest nights of December: limewashed walls, fir-green joinery, homespun linen and a full moon over the snow.
01 / The palette
Six colors, one atmosphere.
Screen colors are authored interpretations. Material photographs show surface character; they are not calibrated color samples.
02 / Play with the composition
Let the snow light the room.
Let snowberry white take the walls and ceiling. Give homespun linen the large soft pieces, paint the joinery balsam fir, and keep pewter for bowls and candlesticks. Winterberry red stays to a few berry-bright touches, so the room reads winter, not just Christmas.
Palette proportions / Total 100%
Starting points
The moonlight beam and palette proportions respond to your settings. The room images are fixed interpretations.
Moonlight · Moonlight position: 70% · Candle warmth: 20% · Snowberry: 38%; Homespun Linen: 15%; Balsam Fir: 15%; Pewter: 14%; Pine Cone: 10%; Winterberry: 8%
03 / Translate
From a room to an interface.
The interface
A seasonal collection
Moonlight on snow.
Notes from a Vermont farmhouse in December: limewash, fir, linen and the brightest full moon of winter.
The same palette. Different roles.
Use this palette.
A suggested interface use of the study’s paper and accent. Supporting ink is added for legibility; original palette values stay intact.
#E2E2D8Supporting ink #171615Accent #2A351BInspect application CSS
/* Sourced from Chromologium (https://chromologium.com/studies/cold-moon) */
/* Suggested application roles; original palette preserved separately. */
:root {
--study-surface: #E2E2D8;
--study-ink: #171615;
--study-accent: #2A351B;
--study-accent-ink: #ffffff;
--study-original-1: #E2E2D8; /* Snowberry */
--study-original-2: #A1998F; /* Homespun Linen */
--study-original-3: #2A351B; /* Balsam Fir */
--study-original-4: #5C584F; /* Pewter */
--study-original-5: #281914; /* Pine Cone */
--study-original-6: #720912; /* Winterberry */
}
Follow the material further.
Materials
The ingredients.
An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.
Take away
Take the study with you.
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Sources & interpretation
A contemporary farmhouse and specimen arrangement inspired by a Vermont December. The frosted pine cone, balsam fir, pewter, linen, snowberries and winterberries are visual associations, not a reconstructed historical room or a field collection. Cold Moon is a seasonal name in a particular naming tradition; it is not a separate physical kind of Moon.
The palette follows the authored material references in this collection. Room, object and material imagery were created for this study. These are imagined settings, with no affiliation to the fictional interface brands.
The controls explore screen composition, not physical pigment recipes or material measurements. Image rights · Image permissions