Amber

Warm orange-gold, like light through resin.

Hex: #CB733A
RGB: 203, 115, 58

Amber is named after fossilised tree resin, and the colour shares its warm, translucent orange-gold. It is at its best when light passes through it: glass lampshades, window film, a bottle on a sill. As a paint or fabric colour it reads warm and slightly retro, close to burnt orange but softer. It balances cool blues and greens, which is why it appears in so much stained glass. Pair it with walnut and cream for a warm room, or with cobalt and violet for a jewel-toned scheme.

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A stair hall lined with floor-to-ceiling stained glass in cobalt, green, amber and violet, throwing coloured light across stone steps

Interiors

Stained Glass at Home: Three Rooms and How to Get the Look

Three concept studies from Light as Material, what the coloured light is doing in each, and the window films and glass that bring a version of it home.