Cornish Cream Tea Colour Palette
The colours of a proper Cornish cream tea: thick clotted cream, warm scone gold, strawberry jam red, the blue of a Cornish sky, and the white of fine bone china. This is the palette of seaside tea rooms, National Trust gift shops, and arguments about whether the cream or jam goes first. For food brands, hospitality, wedding stationery, lifestyle blogs, and anything that wants to feel like a sunny afternoon in St Ives.
Colour codes
- Clotted Cream #FFF8DC background
- Scone Gold #D4A843 primary
- Strawberry Jam #C41E3A accent
- Cornish Sky #5B9BD5 secondary
- Bone China #FEFEFE background
Usage guidance
Clotted Cream or Bone China provides your warm, inviting background. Scone Gold is your primary for headers, buttons, and navigation, warm and trustworthy. Strawberry Jam is your accent, use it sparingly for call-to-actions, alerts, and the one element per page that needs to pop. Cornish Sky adds a fresh contrast for links, secondary buttons, and feature highlights. This palette is gentle and warm, so give it plenty of white space and let the colours feel as relaxed as the afternoon itself.