sulei.uk — colour directions

Four purples, four complements

Each plate re-declares the session tokens, so the fragment is the real design. Contrast is measured. The contract allows one accent (#1F6E56) and forbids new colours, so all of this is a proposal — and the purples are a direct test of a rule, not a lapse.

Dark purples

The colour the direction contract names as the archive ghost — the palette this site was built not to be. Included because you asked, and because a rule is worth testing before it is defended.

aubergine

Aubergine

#4A2545

Deep plum that reads as ink at a glance. The most usable of the four: dark enough to behave like a neutral.

Accent on paper: 12.16:1 AA
Band accent on band: 8.49:1

Folio 01 — the sheet, recoloured

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ink-violet

Ink violet

#3A2A5C

Blue-leaning violet. Cool, formal, and the closest to a “technical” purple.

Accent on paper: 11.99:1 AA
Band accent on band: 7.77:1

Folio 01 — the sheet, recoloured

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black-violet

Black violet

#2B1B3A

Almost black. At small sizes it is simply a darker ink; only the band reveals the hue.

Accent on paper: 15.12:1 AA
Band accent on band: 6.86:1

Folio 01 — the sheet, recoloured

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plum

Plum

#5A2A47

Redder and softer. The warmest purple here, and the one that flirts with looking like a wine label.

Accent on paper: 10.75:1 AA
Band accent on band: 8.69:1

Folio 01 — the sheet, recoloured

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Complementary pairs

Two hues, one of them a marker only: the accent carries links and the coloured clause, the complement appears in the band, the stamp and the swatch — never in body text.

oxblood-sage

Oxblood · sage

#8A2B22 · #6E7F63

Red against a greyed green. The classic print pairing: one warm, one cool, both desaturated.

Accent on paper: 8.15:1 AA
Complement on paper: 4.09:1 marker only
Band accent on band: 11.09:1

Folio 01 — the sheet, recoloured

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prussian-ochre

Prussian · ochre

#1E3A5F · #A56A12

Blue and its complement. The ochre only ever appears as a marker — it would shout if it were used for text.

Accent on paper: 10.94:1 AA
Complement on paper: 4.28:1 marker only
Band accent on band: 9.71:1

Folio 01 — the sheet, recoloured

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aubergine-brass

Aubergine · brass

#4A2545 · #C9A227

Purple with the one thing that flatters it. Brass carries the band and the stamp; the plum carries the links.

Accent on paper: 12.16:1 AA
Complement on paper: 2.30:1 marker only
Band accent on band: 11.45:1

Folio 01 — the sheet, recoloured

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petrol-rust

Petrol · rust

#14505C · #9C4A2F

Teal and terracotta, both cooled down. The least “brand” of the four and the most like a workshop sign.

Accent on paper: 8.56:1 AA
Complement on paper: 5.82:1 AA
Band accent on band: 7.17:1

Folio 01 — the sheet, recoloured

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The honest read: the purples all pass on paper, and every one of them makes the sheet look like a different brand — which is exactly what the contract was protecting. The complements are the more promising idea, because they do not replace the accent, they give the band a second voice.