Color Study

Logo Palette

Five colors extracted from the Hollow Earth Radio logo.

Logo Derived — Orange & Purple

Orange as primary, purple as secondary. The brown and sienna become the neutral backbone.

Logo Derived — Purple Forward

Purple leads, orange supports. A moodier take that leans into the unexpected.

Logo Derived — Rose & Earth

Rose takes the lead for a bolder, more distinctive feel. Purple and orange as supporting players.

Hollow Earth Radio — Existing Site

Colors pulled from hollowearthradio.org

Cavern Glow

Deep underground warmth — torch-lit stone, iron oxide, and firelight bouncing off cave walls.

Moss & Basalt

Volcanic rock overgrown with life — dark stone, rich greens, and fungal accents. The hobbit hole palette.

Red Clay

Iron-rich earth, terracotta, and the rusty reds of deep sediment layers. Warm and grounded.

Subterranean Blues

Underground rivers, crystal caves, bioluminescent pools. Cool and mysterious with warm mineral accents.

Magma Core

The deepest layer — molten rock, volcanic glass, and the glow of the earth's mantle. Bold and intense.

Cavern Glow — Brown Roots

Cavern Glow accents married to the site's actual brown gradient. Neutrals built from the existing header (#2C2419) and gradient stops, so the background flows seamlessly into header and footer.

Torch & Earth

Shifts the primary toward gold/amber — warmer, less punchy than Ember Orange. The browns are extended directly from the gradient into a full neutral scale. Feels like firelight on packed earth.

Ember Underground

Keeps the hot orange but swaps cool teal for warm mineral tones — copper and ochre. The whole palette stays in the warm family so nothing fights the brown gradient. Darker, moodier.

Green phosphor on a CRT in a dark room. Terminal nostalgia with a magenta-black void.