A material study / 056
Karakoram Aquamarine
Sea-glass blue, granite & apricot, high in the Karakoram.
March’s pale blue-green birthstone, sampled from the high Karakoram of northern Pakistan, where aquamarine is mined at altitude: sea-glass walls, granite, undyed wool and dried apricots.
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
A cool blue that stays calm.
Let sea-glass blue take the walls and keep everything else soft: undyed wool, pale granite and oak. Use the aquamarine itself on a velvet chair or a glass vase, and keep juniper green and apricot to small warm notes.
Palette proportions / Total 100%
Starting points
The finish, shadow depth and palette proportions respond to your settings. The room image is a fixed interpretation.
Surface finish: Luminous · Shadow depth: 35% · Undyed Wool: 35%; Aquamarine: 20%; Granite: 15%; Mica Schist: 12%; Juniper: 10%; Dried Apricot: 8%
03 / Translate
From a room to an interface.
The interface
Objects, rooms & materials
A cool blue that stays calm.
March’s pale blue-green birthstone, sampled from the high Karakoram of northern Pakistan, where aquamarine is mined at altitude: sea-glass walls, granite, undyed wool and dried apricots.
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.
#D0C4B0Supporting ink #171615Accent #64593EInspect application CSS
/* Sourced from Chromologium (https://chromologium.com/studies/karakoram-aquamarine) */
/* Suggested application roles; original palette preserved separately. */
:root {
--study-surface: #D0C4B0;
--study-ink: #171615;
--study-accent: #64593E;
--study-accent-ink: #ffffff;
--study-original-1: #D0C4B0; /* Undyed Wool */
--study-original-2: #95AB9F; /* Aquamarine */
--study-original-3: #9E998C; /* Granite */
--study-original-4: #8E887F; /* Mica Schist */
--study-original-5: #64593E; /* Juniper */
--study-original-6: #73381C; /* Dried Apricot */
}
Follow the material further.
Materials
The ingredients.
An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.
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Sources & interpretation
An imagined mountain bedroom and specimen tray inspired by the Karakoram. Stone facts are from GIA; the room is not a record of a real place, and the colours were sampled from the generated specimen drawer. This study makes no claims about healing or other properties of the stone.
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.
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