Frame.io printed colour spec cards photographed on black

Frame.io printed colour spec cards photographed on black, dark-mode, photographic, dark

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Overhead angled photograph of black card stacks holding coloured paper swatches and gradient inserts, each annotated with its RGB and hex values.

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Summary

The colour palette rendered as a physical object: matte black card stacks with coloured paper swatches slid out of them, shot from above at a slight tilt and annotated with printed colour values.

Visual description

The frame is filled edge to edge with an interlocking arrangement of thick black card stacks, all aligned to the same tilted grid so the composition reads as a diagonal lattice. Sliding out from between them are coloured inserts on visibly textured uncoated stock: a bright teal panel labelled "Miami", a coral panel labelled "Coral", and a cobalt panel stepped into three tones labelled "Cobalt Light", "Cobalt", and "Cobalt Dark" with the values 6369FF, 5B53FF, and 5237F9 set in tiny type at the edge of each band. Two rounded capsule inserts carry gradient blends, one coral to magenta to blue and one violet to blue. Small white type on the black cards gives paired readouts, "RGB 71, 235, 235 / HEX #47EBEB" at the top and "RGB 252, 133, 109 / HEX #FC856D" at the right, plus a card labelled "Electric" and one edged with the brand's arc mark. Lighting is soft and directional, raking across the card edges to leave visible thickness and shadow.

Key takeaway

Printing the palette on real stock and photographing it turns a spec sheet into an identity asset. Keeping every annotation the same tiny white sans on black means the colour is always the loudest thing in frame while the data stays reachable.

Reuse notes

Strong for a brand guideline colour chapter, a case-study opener, or a launch post where a flat swatch grid would feel lifeless. It needs real production and photo budget, and it only works on dark stock; the same idea on white card would lose the edge separation the shadows are providing. Crop tightly so the pattern reads as continuous rather than as a set of objects on a table.

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