This is the sky in the last ten minutes before dark, caught and held. Coral Ember leads with that flushed, glowing warmth you see right at the horizon, while Tangerine Glow picks up just above it — softer, a little hazier, the color of light bleeding through clouds.
Soft Gold is the quiet center of the whole thing. It carries the room without shouting, the way a sunset spends most of its time as a warm wash rather than a blaze. Against it, Dusky Plum brings in that bruised, beautiful shadow color that creeps up from the bottom of the sky.
And then Deep Sky Blue, the cool note that makes everything else feel warmer by contrast. Use it sparingly — a door, a chair, a single wall — and the gradient suddenly reads as a real sky, not just a row of warm paint chips. For 2026 I love letting the plum and blue do more than usual; they keep the warmth feeling current instead of nostalgic.