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Potato Brown

Shuttle Art Yellow warm

Shuttle Art 103 Potato Brown is a mid orange alcohol marker in the Yellow family. It sits in the mid-light value range, making it well-suited for skin tones, warm earth, sunset. Warm undertones suit skin work, earth tones, and warm-light scenes.

Yellow family Warm temperature 52% lightness
Skin tonesWarm earthSunsetTerracottaAutumn leaves
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Potato Brown
Color Family
Yellow
Temperature
Warm
Lightness
52%
Saturation
65%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Yellow family — layer from shadow to highlight for smooth gradients.

Shadow Side
105
105 L51%
Current Marker
103
Potato Brown L52%

Works Well With

Highlights
Lemon Yellow
Lemon Yellow
+12 lightness
Pale Yellow
Pale Yellow
+13 lightness
123
Fluorescent Yellow
+15 lightness
49
49
+15 lightness
Shadows
95
Burnt Sienna
-12 lightness
101
101
-12 lightness
100
Ochre
-13 lightness
Ultramarine
Ultramarine
-14 lightness
Analogous Colors
95
Burnt Sienna
15° hue shift
WG4
Warm Grey 4
15° hue shift
220
220
15° hue shift
211
211
15° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

188
188
opposite hue
195
195
opposite hue
Metallic Blue
Metallic Blue
opposite hue
Royal Blue
Royal Blue
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 103 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🕯 Candlelight
Flickering amber. Deep warm shadow. Safe inside.
Cinematic
📽 Film Grain
A summer afternoon recorded on 16mm; cream and powder blue degrading at the corners of the frame.
Cinematic
🌆 Sunset Boulevard
Palms in silhouette against a peach sky going purple at the bottom; gold catching on a passing windshield.
Cinematic
📚 Dusty Bookshop
Faded spines. Warm light. The clock stopped years ago.
Environment
⛽ Desert Gas Station
Bleached tan. Heat shimmer. Rust and old diesel.
Environment
⚓ Foggy Harbor
Lantern at the end of the dock barely cutting blue-grey mist; a hull creaks somewhere past the light.
Environment
✈ Airport Transit
Concourse grey at gate 47; orange signage and rolling bags moving in every direction at once.
Environment
📷 Polaroid Summer
Pinks bleeding at the edges of a summer you remember in third person.
Emotional

Similar Colors in Yellow

21
Terra Cotta
mid orange
#C9682F
34
34
mid vivid orange
#E76E1F
33
33
mid vivid orange
#E58925
218
218
mid orange
#B8763F
222
222
mid orange
#D0932B
30
30
mid orange
#CE8C36
32
32
mid vivid orange
#E29A3E
44
44
mid vivid orange
#DE961A

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