Duskbloom
A workroom at dusk: a tall window with a lilac and rose sky, and under it a slate table with a lamp and twelve small dishes of pigment

Twelve shades of dusk.

Pigment.

A hand tips a spoon of lilac pigment into a small steel pan: the powder falls in a soft cloud

01Lilac

1.5 g

A hand leans on a steel tamper with a wooden knob, pressing the lilac powder flat in its pan

Pressed by hand.

One.

A fingertip presses the first pan, pale lilac, into the corner well of an empty palette of twelve wells
The open palette with all twelve pans in place, three rows of four, from pale lilac to rose

Twelve.

12Rose

Bloom.

  1. 01Lilac
  2. 02Wisteria
  3. 03Iris
  4. 04Violet
  5. 05Heather
  6. 06Mauve
  7. 07Mallow
  8. 08Orchid
  9. 09Blush
  10. 10Peony
  11. 11Petal
  12. 12Rose
A soft brush draws a stroke of orchid pink across the back of a hand; the open palette lies beside it

08Orchid

The closed palette on the slate table by the window, the name Duskbloom on its lid, the last rose of the dusk outside

Dusk.

From lilac to rose.

Open the palette