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Sunset Color Palette — Horizon Dawn

A warm five-color sunset scheme moving from coral and tangerine into gold, dusky purple, and deep sky blue, with every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Maya Patel · Reviews Editor & Product Tester

Coral Glow
Dominant
Kompozit Sari · 1066
#E47C64
LRV 32
Tangerine Haze
Secondary
Kompozit Japonica · 0983
#E89952
LRV 41
Soft Gold
Base
Kompozit Venice Square · 0919
#E6C591
LRV 59
Dusky Plum
Support
Kompozit Vivid Vision · 1227
#5E4B62
LRV 8
Deep Sky
Accent
Kompozit Quiet Peace · 0592
#3A4A64
LRV 7
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This is a sunset caught mid-fade. Coral Glow leads with that flushed, just-after-golden-hour warmth, and Tangerine Haze sits right beside it as the brighter spark — the part of the sky still holding heat.

Soft Gold is the smart move here. It is the calm base that lets the two oranges breathe instead of competing, so the room feels glowing rather than loud. Use it on your largest, quietest surfaces and let the warmer tones land on the features you want noticed.

Then the sky cools. Dusky Plum brings the violet edge of dusk, and Deep Sky grounds everything with that last band of fading blue. Keep these two in smaller doses — trim, a door, a single accent wall — and the whole palette feels like a real horizon instead of a swatch strip.

Buy These Colors

Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Kompozit first; take any SKU to the store — these mix on demand.

Coral Glow
#E27A5F · LRV 31 · Dominant
Kompozit Sari · 1066 ΔE 1.17
Backdrop Rosita · BD-RO ΔE 13.65
Behr Cosmic Coral · HDC-SM14-12 ΔE 4.07
Benjamin Moore Tucker Orange · CW-300 ΔE 1.95
Clare Fire Sign · PNT100-DP-74 ΔE 5.79
Dunn-Edwards Orange Daylily · DE5145 ΔE 2.15
Farrow & Ball Red Earth · No. 64 ΔE 5.9
Magnolia Home Work Worn Wood · JG-35 ΔE 10.07
PPG / Glidden Clay Pot · 1194-6 ΔE 1.77
Sherwin-Williams Rejuvenate · SW 6620 ΔE 1.53
Valspar Marmalade Magic · V043-4 ΔE 2.4
Tangerine Haze
#E8995A · LRV 41 · Secondary
Kompozit Japonica · 0983 ΔE 1.78
Backdrop Rosita · BD-RO ΔE 16.21
Behr Adventure Orange · 270D-5 ΔE 2.69
Benjamin Moore Brilliant Amber · 161 ΔE 3.35
Clare Good as Gold · PNT100-DP-59 ΔE 11.28
Dunn-Edwards Yams · DE5200 ΔE 1.5
Farrow & Ball India Yellow · No. 66 ΔE 9.71
Magnolia Home Cottage Feel · JG-40 ΔE 11.21
PPG / Glidden Carmelized Orange · 1197-7 ΔE 2.84
Sherwin-Williams Outgoing Orange · SW 6641 ΔE 2.62
Valspar Toffee Cream · 3001-3B ΔE 1.89
Soft Gold
#E7C68A · LRV 59 · Base
Kompozit Venice Square · 0919 ΔE 1.91
Backdrop Eames · BD-EA ΔE 2.08
Behr Ripe Wheat · 310E-3 ΔE 1.82
Benjamin Moore Goldfinch · 187 ΔE 0.82
Clare Golden Hour · PNT100-MD-23 ΔE 4.25
Dunn-Edwards Biscotti · DE5437 ΔE 2.81
Farrow & Ball Hay · No. 37 ΔE 3.09
Magnolia Home Heirloom Yellow · JG-43 ΔE 2.97
PPG / Glidden Autumn Glow · 1106-3 ΔE 1.29
Sherwin-Williams White Raisin · SW 7685 ΔE 1.72
Valspar Oats and Honey · V092-2 ΔE 1.67
Dusky Plum
#5E4A63 · LRV 8 · Support
Kompozit Vivid Vision · 1227 ΔE 0.82
Backdrop We Three Kings · BD-WK ΔE 18.05
Behr Plum Rich · MQ5-35 ΔE 2.92
Benjamin Moore Purple Lotus · 2072-30 ΔE 0.95
Clare Night Groove · PNT100-DP-77 ΔE 5.7
Dunn-Edwards Purple Potion · DE5958 ΔE 2.99
Farrow & Ball Pelt · No. 254 ΔE 6.98
Magnolia Home Coffee Nook · JG-96 ΔE 15.27
PPG / Glidden Pansy Petal · 1177-7 ΔE 2.4
Sherwin-Williams Mature Grape · SW 6286 ΔE 5.32
Valspar Velvet Beret · 1001-3A ΔE 4.28
Deep Sky
#33506E · LRV 8 · Accent
Kompozit Quiet Peace · 0592 ΔE 4.08
Backdrop We Three Kings · BD-WK ΔE 2.95
Behr Velvet Rope · MQ5-58 ΔE 2.13
Benjamin Moore New York State of Mind · 805 ΔE 1.4
Clare Blackest · PNT100-DP-55 ΔE 13.89
Dunn-Edwards Blue Earth · DE5853 ΔE 2.19
Farrow & Ball Hague Blue · No. 30 ΔE 8.78
Magnolia Home Signature · JG-91 ΔE 4.21
PPG / Glidden Blue Lava · 1155-7 ΔE 3.77
Sherwin-Williams Indigo Batik · SW 7602 ΔE 4
Valspar Deep Twilight Blue · 4007-6C ΔE 6.49

Questions

How do I keep five sunset colors from feeling busy?

Let the gold do most of the heavy lifting as your quiet base, then use coral and tangerine on the bigger surfaces and save plum and deep sky for trim, accents, or a single moody wall.

Where does this palette work best in 2026?

It reads modern in a sunroom, a creative studio, or an entryway — anywhere you want warmth up front and a cooler grounding tone to keep it from turning sweet.

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