Build a repeatable four-color scrapbook palette from photographs using a dominant color, support, neutral, and readable dark tone.
SCRAPBUJODominant color: sets the mood. Supporting color: appears in smaller areas. Neutral: separates photographs from patterns. Dark tone: keeps writing and small details readable.
Choose colors from clothing, landscape, flowers, signage, or an object central to the story. Ignore accidental distractions unless they occupy a large area. A palette connected to the event feels more natural than a fashionable combination impos…
Try 60 percent dominant, 25 percent neutral, 10 percent support, and 5 percent dark detail as a starting point. The exact numbers are not rules; they reveal when two strong colors are competing equally.
Print or cut four small swatches and keep them beside the project. Compare every new paper or embellishment to the card. This simple check prevents late additions from fragmenting a multi-page album.
Dominant swatch Support swatch Neutral swatch Dark text swatch One sentence describing the desired mood
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