# Palette: macaron

Soft pastel, gentle, approachable. The signature palette for education, onboarding, children's content, knowledge cards, and warm friendly explainers. Distinguished by **pastel-tinted** versions of the deck's HEX values on a warm cream field.

> This file describes **color behavior**, not HEX values. HEX comes from `design_spec.colors`, but rendered as pastel tints.

## 1. Compatible renderings

| Rendering | Notes |
|---|---|
| ✓✓ sketch-notes | Direct alignment — macaron is the default sketch-notes palette |
| ✓✓ flat | Pastel flat blocks for friendly content |
| ✓✓ vector-illustration | Pastel vector for educational warmth |
| ✓✓ watercolor | Pastel washes pair naturally |
| ✓✓ fantasy-animation | Storybook pastels |
| ✓✓ chalkboard | Pastel chalk on dark slate |
| ✓ pixel-art | Pastel retro |
| ✗ tech-neon / dark-cinematic / blueprint | Wrong temperament |
| ✗ corporate-photo | Photography wants natural color |
| ✗ digital-dashboard | Dashboards want vivid not pastel |

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## 2. Fewshot prompt snippets

**Snippet A — applied to a sketch-notes infographic**

> [...rendering paragraph...] Color behavior is macaron pastel: warm cream paper background `#F5F0E8` covers about 50%. Four rounded info boxes filled with soft pastels — light blue (pastel tint of primary `#1E3A5F`), mint (pastel tint of secondary `#F8F9FA` shifted greener), lavender, peach. Each fill has slight hand-painted overshoot beyond its black ink outline. Accent warm coral `#F97316` appears only on one highlighted hand-drawn arrow connecting two boxes (about 6%). Friendly educational temperament. [...container guidance...]