A seasonal material study / 026
Edinburgh After Dark
Black glass, velvet & firelight.
Two dark winter recipes find their detail in silver, velvet, stone and carefully separated pools of warm light.
01 / The palette
Six colors, one atmosphere.
Choose a palette recipe
Screen colors are authored interpretations. Material photographs show surface character; they are not calibrated color samples.
02 / Play with the composition
Let the dark glow.
Give each small light a different job. A hearth marks the centre, candles reveal nearby objects and a lamp keeps the room readable. Keep the metal family consistent so the reflections feel related.
Composition balance / Total 100%
Starting points
Adjust the six palette colors
Explore the pattern and material proportions. The room views are fixed interpretations; the live composition responds to your settings.
Silver & velvet · Black-tree drawing room · Evening light: Candlelight · Fire: 45% · Candles: 35% · Lamps: 20% · Antique Silver: 12%; Scottish Slate: 18%; Dried Rose: 10%; Fir: 15%; Burgundy Velvet: 25%; Black Glass: 20%
03 / Translate
From a room to an interface.
The interface
A seasonal collection
Stay a little after dark.
Two dark winter recipes find their detail in silver, velvet, stone and carefully separated pools of warm light.
The same palette. Different roles.
Materials
The ingredients.
An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.
Take away
Take the study with you.
Sources & interpretation
Edinburgh’s Georgian drawing rooms provide an architectural reference for tall windows, cornices and sociable interiors. The black tree and aubergine palette are contemporary inventions, not historical Christmas traditions.
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