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Three-layer color-scheme spread showing six approved decorative-text-background stacks as overlapping rounded squares, with a layer-order key and a white explainer.
Summary
The approved three-color schemes page: six stacks of three overlapping rounded squares (decorative, text, background) on a black page, with a key naming each layer and a short white intro.
Visual description
Two-page 16:9 spread. The white left page has the "03 BRAND COLORS" eyebrow, a three-line headline "USAGE" (blurple) over "SUGGESTED" and "COLOR SCHEMES" (near-black), a note that layer order matters and cannot be shuffled, and a small key labeling three stacked outlined squares as Decorative Color, Text Color, Background Color. The black right page holds six three-square stacks, each captioned: Blurple + White + Green, Fuchsia + White + Yellow, Blurple + White + Yellow (top row), Yellow + Blurple + White, Green + White + Blurple, Red + White + Yellow (bottom row). The far-left blurple stripe carries the rotated caption and page 32.
Key takeaway
Defining a color scheme as an ordered three-layer stack (background, text, decorative) and drawing each as overlapping squares so the layer roles are visible. Stating that the stacking order is fixed turns a palette into a usable system.
Reuse notes
A reusable model for documenting multi-color schemes rather than single pairings, useful when layouts have a background, body text, and an accent. The layer-order key is the key idea to carry over. Pair with a matching "schemes to avoid" page.
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