1982 DC colour palette
The 1982 DC colour palette, for want of an official term, was the colour palette used by DC circa 1982, as featured in their DC Comics Style Guide.[1]
It's a subset of the Chemical colour palette, using 50 of its 64 colours, with Pantone equivalents of the era given for reference.
Palette
| Name | Blue | Red | Yellow | Hex value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 0% | 0% | 0% | FFFFFF |
| Y2 | 0% | 0% | 25% | F6EB69 |
| Y3 | 0% | 0% | 50% | F6EA5F |
| Y | 0% | 0% | 100% | FCE400 |
| R2 | 0% | 25% | 0% | EBC1C2 |
| Y2 R2 | 0% | 25% | 25% | ECC4AE |
| Y3 R2 | 0% | 25% | 50% | ECB973 |
| Y R2 | 0% | 25% | 100% | EFC041 |
| R3 | 0% | 50% | 0% | E59ABD |
| Y2 R3 | 0% | 50% | 25% | E59AAC |
| Y3 R3 | 0% | 50% | 50% | E37F75 |
| Y R3 | 0% | 50% | 100% | DF5C16 |
| R | 0% | 100% | 0% | D1007C |
| Y3 R | 0% | 100% | 50% | ED145B |
| Y R | 0% | 100% | 100% | DC3D46 |
| B2 | 25% | 0% | 0% | A4D6E3 |
| B2 Y2 | 25% | 0% | 25% | 9BCEB5 |
| B2 Y3 | 25% | 0% | 50% | AED185 |
| B2 Y | 25% | 0% | 100% | C6D97D |
| B2 R2 | 25% | 25% | 0% | D8C7DC |
| B2 Y2 R2 | 25% | 25% | 25% | D6BDA5 |
| B2 Y3 R2 | 25% | 25% | 50% | B59461 |
| B2 Y R2 | 25% | 25% | 100% | AC7C12 |
| B2 R3 | 25% | 50% | 0% | C4A0C6 |
| B2 Y3 R3 | 25% | 50% | 50% | AE886B |
| B2 Y R3 | 25% | 50% | 100% | BD5520 |
| B2 R | 25% | 100% | 0% | C6057B |
| B2 Y R | 25% | 100% | 100% | 9E3E2D |
| B3 | 50% | 0% | 0% | 74C8E1 |
| B3 Y2 | 50% | 0% | 25% | 85C7AD |
| B3 Y3 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 9BCDA2 |
| B3 Y | 50% | 0% | 100% | A1C842 |
| B3 R2 | 50% | 25% | 0% | 94B5DA |
| B3 Y2 R2 | 50% | 25% | 25% | A2AAA4 |
| B3 Y3 R2 | 50% | 25% | 50% | 8C9A97 |
| B3 Y R2 | 50% | 25% | 100% | A45F35 |
| B3 R3 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 9C97C5 |
| B3 Y3 R3 | 50% | 50% | 50% | 7D6B68 |
| B3 R | 50% | 100% | 0% | B32484 |
| B3 Y R | 50% | 100% | 100% | 69382B |
| B | 100% | 0% | 0% | 009FE0 |
| B Y3 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 008F7D |
| B Y | 100% | 0% | 100% | 00A841 |
| B R2 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 2B7BBB |
| B Y3 R2 | 100% | 25% | 50% | 007063 |
| B Y R2 | 100% | 25% | 100% | 006F50 |
| B R3 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 24468E |
| B Y R3 | 100% | 50% | 100% | 2F5535 |
| B R | 100% | 100% | 0% | 714B96 |
| B Y R | 100% | 100% | 100% | 2A2828 |
References
- "DC Comics 1982 Color Palette" TruColor, Jan 2023
Colour palettes: 1982 DC colour palette | Boolean colour palette
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