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  "schema": "colorcombinations-collection/v1",
  "slug": "cottagecore",
  "title": "Cottagecore Color Palettes",
  "tagline": "Soft pinks, sage greens, lavender, and the gentle palette of a pastoral world.",
  "description": "Cottagecore color is the pastoral romantic: blush roses, sage green herbs drying in a doorway, lavender fields in soft afternoon light, undyed linen, hand-thrown pottery in cream and clay. The Japanese color tradition reaches this territory through combinations of extraordinary gentleness: 'sakura' (桜 — cherry blossom pink) with 'wakatake' (若竹 — young bamboo green), 'nadeshiko' (撫子 — fringed pink) with 'mizu' (水 — water blue), 'fuji' (藤 — wisteria lavender) with 'ai' (藍 — soft indigo). These are the combinations that feel simultaneously hand-made and considered, botanical and timeless. Reference material for artisan food and wellness brands, handmade goods, botanical illustration, garden-inspired packaging, and any project where the brief includes the word 'handcrafted.'",
  "keywords": [
    "cottagecore color palette",
    "cottagecore aesthetic colors",
    "pastoral color palette",
    "botanical color scheme",
    "soft floral color combinations"
  ],
  "accentHex": "#D4A8B8",
  "paletteCount": 6,
  "palettes": [
    {
      "slug": "sakura-wakatake",
      "title": "Cherry Blossom & Young Bamboo",
      "titleJa": "桜と若竹",
      "dominantHue": "pink",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "refined",
        "playful"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#F9D5E0",
        "#A3C293",
        "#F8F4E9",
        "#4C5D3F"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/sakura-wakatake/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/sakura-wakatake.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "nadeshiko-mizu",
      "title": "Pink Dianthus & Water",
      "titleJa": "撫子と水色",
      "dominantHue": "pink",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "playful",
        "refined"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#EBA6B4",
        "#B4D6E5",
        "#F8F4E9"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/nadeshiko-mizu/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/nadeshiko-mizu.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "kariyasu-rikyu",
      "title": "Grass Yellow & Rikyū Grey",
      "titleJa": "刈安と利休鼠",
      "dominantHue": "yellow",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "earthy",
        "austere",
        "refined"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#DCCB7A",
        "#878A74",
        "#F3EBDA"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/kariyasu-rikyu/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/kariyasu-rikyu.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "fuji-ai",
      "title": "Wisteria & Indigo",
      "titleJa": "藤と藍",
      "dominantHue": "purple",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "refined",
        "cool"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#B5A6C9",
        "#1C3D5A",
        "#F4EEE0"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/fuji-ai/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/fuji-ai.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "matcha-kinari",
      "title": "Matcha & Raw Silk",
      "titleJa": "抹茶と生成",
      "dominantHue": "green",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "earthy",
        "austere"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#A7B86B",
        "#F3EBDA",
        "#6C5A3C"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/matcha-kinari/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/matcha-kinari.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "seiji-kinari",
      "title": "Celadon & Unbleached",
      "titleJa": "青磁と生成",
      "dominantHue": "green",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "earthy",
        "refined"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#8DB6A5",
        "#F3EBDA",
        "#6E7B6A"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/seiji-kinari/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/seiji-kinari.json"
    }
  ],
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    "openGraph": "https://colorcombinations.org/og/collections/cottagecore.svg",
    "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/collections/cottagecore.json"
  },
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0 (attribution: colorcombinations.org)",
  "source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations (1933 · six volumes)"
}