Christmas Color Palettes
Twelve christmas palettes with hex codes — generate endless more with the free tool below.
#5f1116 · #833f20 · #70103b · #127825 · #175941
#962c46 · #993d29 · #710f50 · #279b27 · #175e36
#8f0f2b · #5b271a · #95135d · #318f28 · #0ea03e
#772225 · #793e16 · #751f4b · #129118 · #136c4a
#732132 · #95320f · #711448 · #18790b · #18814b
#60151b · #a54112 · #992961 · #1d731c · #166f38
#5c191f · #9c371c · #9a1862 · #14ad24 · #0d6d40
#6a1615 · #a04b13 · #621838 · #1ea933 · #0e6c48
#5d1313 · #974212 · #a12b64 · #107020 · #149f55
#922a2c · #a74011 · #931056 · #0c6a0c · #1aad70
#841f21 · #a65b26 · #94145f · #145d14 · #1e9f5c
#b31a0f · #a14b12 · #a72063 · #0a7f20 · #15ac70
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Christmas red and green is the one complementary pairing the culture has fully colonized, and this palette keeps both sides deep — crimson toward holly berry, greens toward pine and fir — because darkness is what separates festive from garish. The bright, fully lit versions of the same hues belong to elf costumes and clearance signage; department-store Christmas runs dark red, forest green, cream, and gold. Use it with a hard calendar: these colors switch on in late November and expire on December 26, faster than almost any other seasonal scheme. Retail promotion, food and drink, and greeting-card work own the space. One caution deserves planning time: red and green is also the most common color-vision confusion pair, so any chart or interface state built on this palette needs lightness differences and labels carrying the real distinction.
Frequently asked questions
What shades of red and green work best for Christmas?
Deep ones: a crimson or holly-berry red around 25-45 percent lightness against pine and fir greens of similar depth. Brightening either side pushes the scheme from festive toward novelty, which suits candy and kids’ promotions but little else.
What colors complete a red and green Christmas palette?
Warm cream and gold. Cream softens the high contrast between the two main hues, and gold supplies the celebratory metallic. Silver with icy blue is a different scheme entirely — winter rather than Christmas — and mixing the two metallics muddies both.
Is a red and green palette a problem for color-blind users?
It is the most common confusion pair, affecting roughly one in twelve men. Decorative use is fine, but never let red versus green alone carry meaning — pair every distinction with a lightness difference, an icon, or a label.