4.1 Colour Palettes for Gallery Spaces

We choose materials and colours for the Museum’s gallery spaces that create a comfortable and safe-space setting. Neutral tones of black, white and flat warm greys predominate in exhibit areas for images and artefacts (see Figure x). To create a visual hierarchy in gallery spaces, we also use rich colours. The Museum strives to use bright colours to denote content and grey-based palettes for background aesthetics.

Bright colours in gallery spaces

Black and White for Clarity and Contrast

  • Pantone®: Black
    CMYK: 00 00 00 100
    RGB: 000 000 000
    Hex: 000000

  • Pantone®: white
    CMYK: 00 00 00 00
    RGB: 255 255 255
    Hex: ffffff

Flat Warm Greys for Nuance and Warmth

  • Pantone®: 412
    CMYK: 52 59 45 90
    RGB: 056 047 045
    Hex: 382F2D

  • Pantone®: Warm Gray 11
    CMYK: 26 36 38 68
    RGB: 110 098 089
    Hex: 6E6259

  • Pantone®: Warm Gray 7
    CMYK: 16 23 23 44
    RGB: 150 140 131
    Hex: 968C83

  • Pantone®: Warm Gray 2
    CMYK: 06 07 10 11
    RGB: 203 196 188
    Hex: CBC4BC

Rich Colours for Emphasis and Highlights

  • Pantone®: 1645
    CMYK: 00 80 75 00
    RGB: 255 111 65
    Hex: FF6F41

  • Pantone®: 115
    CMYK: 00 14 100 00
    RGB: 255 205 000
    Hex: FFCD00

  • Pantone®: 143
    CMYK: 00 32 87 00
    RGB: 241 180 052
    Hex: F1B434

  • Pantone®: 1245
    CMYK: 06 35 99 18
    RGB: 198 146 020
    Hex: C69214

  • Pantone®: 7717
    CMYK: 96 00 47 19
    RGB: 000 133 125
    Hex: 00857d

  • Pantone®: 632
    CMYK: 83 92 15 07
    RGB: 000 147 178
    Hex: 0093B2

  • Pantone®: 7462
    CMYK: 100 48 06 30
    RGB: 000 085 140
    Hex: 00558C

  • Pantone®: 272
    CMYK: 61 56 00 00
    RGB: 116 116 193
    Hex: 7474C1