A material study / 063
Sagittarius: The November Wood
Chantilly · Acorns, russet wool & old brass.
A late-autumn palette after the acorn gathering in November’s Très Riches Heures. The glowing trees lead to russet wool, chestnut wood and warm linen, translated into an imagined oak-panelled study.
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 wool lead, or give the wood more room.
Adjust the six colour areas in a screen composition. The illustrated room keeps its original materials and light.
Palette proportions / Total 100%
Starting points
An editable screen composition; the room remains a fixed imagined reference.
Ivory Linen: 30%; Chestnut Wood: 15%; Old Brass: 10%; Russet Wool: 10%; Oak Bark: 20%; Harvest Straw: 15%
The source / Art history
A month above the scene.
Jean Colombe’s November miniature, painted around 1485, follows swineherds feeding pigs on acorns. Above them the Sun’s chariot travels from Scorpio to Sagittarius. The russet trees and gathered acorns inform this study’s contemporary material selection; the drawer is not a facsimile or a pigment analysis.
Château de Chantilly · November, folio 11 verso ↗Read the holding institution’s record. No museum photograph or manuscript scan is reproduced here.
The calendar / Computed
The dates, in two frames.
Tropical
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Exact UTC ingresses
Enters: 2026-11-22 07:15 UTC
Next sign: 2026-12-21 20:42 UTC
Sidereal · Lahiri
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Exact UTC ingresses
Enters: 2026-12-16 04:43 UTC
Next sign: 2027-01-14 15:28 UTC
Intervals include the entry and exclude the next boundary. Sidereal offset at ingress: 24.2337° (Lahiri). Sign transitions are refined to one minute. Refinement is computational resolution, not a claim of observational accuracy. Local calendar dates may differ from UTC.
Calculation source and version
Lunologium source revision 4d4d8ecc · astronomy-engine 2.1.19. Generated reference for 2026–2028; year labels identify the year of entry, so a Capricorn interval continues into the next January.
Take away / A constellation card
Sagittarius, point by point.
This chart uses numerical star data supplied by HEASARC, a service of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA/GSFC. Hoffleit & Warren, Bright Star Catalogue (1991) · Data-use terms.
North up, east left. Relative visual magnitude controls dot size. Positions use J2000.0 and a local projection with a cosine correction. The connecting lines were authored for this card; constellation boundaries and the Sun’s current position are not drawn. Print on A4 or Letter in portrait orientation.
Read the star coordinates
| Star | HR | Right ascension | Declination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bet2Sgr | 7343 | 290.805 | -44.7997 |
| Bet1Sgr | 7337 | 290.6596 | -44.4589 |
| Iot Sgr | 7581 | 298.8154 | -41.8683 |
| Alp Sgr | 7348 | 290.9717 | -40.6161 |
| Eta Sgr | 6832 | 274.4067 | -36.7617 |
| The1Sgr | 7623 | 299.9342 | -35.2764 |
| 20Eps Sgr | 6879 | 276.0429 | -34.3847 |
| 10Gam2Sgr | 6746 | 271.4521 | -30.4242 |
| 38Zet Sgr | 7194 | 285.6529 | -29.8803 |
| 19Del Sgr | 6859 | 275.2487 | -29.8281 |
| 40Tau Sgr | 7234 | 286.735 | -27.6706 |
| 27Phi Sgr | 7039 | 281.4142 | -26.9908 |
| 34Sig Sgr | 7121 | 283.8163 | -26.2967 |
| 22Lam Sgr | 6913 | 276.9925 | -25.4217 |
| 39Omi Sgr | 7217 | 286.1708 | -21.7417 |
| 37Xi 2Sgr | 7150 | 284.4325 | -21.1067 |
| 13Mu Sgr | 6812 | 273.4408 | -21.0589 |
| 41Pi Sgr | 7264 | 287.4408 | -21.0236 |
| 44Rho1Sgr | 7340 | 290.4183 | -17.8472 |
Tradition / Historical classification
A note on the tradition.
In the traditional classification recorded by Lunologium, Sagittarius is mutable fire, with Jupiter as its traditional ruler. These are cultural categories, separate from the computed solar position and the colours sampled for this study.
03 / Translate
From a room to an interface.
The interface
Objects, rooms & materials
The November Wood
A late-autumn palette after the acorn gathering in November’s Très Riches Heures. The glowing trees lead to russet wool, chestnut wood and warm linen, translated into an imagined oak-panelled study.
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.
#E4D7C5Supporting ink #171615Accent #702315Inspect application CSS
/* Sourced from Chromologium (https://chromologium.com/studies/sagittarius) */
/* Suggested application roles; original palette preserved separately. */
:root {
--study-surface: #E4D7C5;
--study-ink: #171615;
--study-accent: #702315;
--study-accent-ink: #ffffff;
--study-original-1: #E4D7C5; /* Ivory Linen */
--study-original-2: #D19660; /* Chestnut Wood */
--study-original-3: #583F1D; /* Old Brass */
--study-original-4: #702315; /* Russet Wool */
--study-original-5: #5C3D20; /* Oak Bark */
--study-original-6: #A66D30; /* Harvest Straw */
}
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Materials
The ingredients.
An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.
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Sources & interpretation
A contemporary material tray and imagined oak-panelled study, informed by a linked historical source. The six screen colours were sampled from this study’s specimen drawer; they are not measured historical pigments.
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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