Desert sunset colour palette: warm sunset hex codes for your planner

Apricot, sunset orange, raspberry and dusk purple. It’s the sky over the desert in the ten minutes after the sun goes down.

Where each colour goes

Colour	Hex	Use it for
Work (apricot)	#F2A65A	Work blocks, in a soft apricot
Health (sunset orange)	#E9761F	Workouts and walks, in sunset orange
Personal (raspberry)	#9C2C4B	Evenings and people, in raspberry
Goals (dusk purple)	#4B1D3F	Your goals, in a deep dusk purple
Accent (dusk purple)	#4B1D3F	Buttons, today’s date and highlights
Protected time (pale apricot)	#FBE3CB	A soft wash over your protected time

A sunset, in the order it happens

These four run in the order of a real sunset: gold, then orange, then pink, then purple. Colours that sit next to each other like this always look good together. The lightest is on Work and the deepest on Goals, so your week gets richer as it gets more your own.

Your week in desert sunset

The week at the top of this post is a real week in Anser, in the Summer Picnic style with the Bold look for categories, so every event shows its full colour. To get the same look, open Settings › Appearance › Colours › How categories look and choose Bold. The palette works in every style.

A week that ends well

• Watch one sunset. It takes ten minutes.
• Finish work before dark at least once.
• Dinner outside, or with the window open.
• Write down one good thing each evening.

Make it in Anser

The quickest way: tap Use this palette in Anser on the palette. It opens on your own week, to keep or undo. To set it up by hand:

1. In Anser, open Settings › Categories. Tap the colour next to Work and paste its hex code. Do the same for Health, Personal and Goals.
2. Open Settings › Appearance › Colours and tap Save as my palette, so you can switch back any time.
3. Still in Colours, under Accent, choose Your own and paste the accent.
4. Open Settings › Boundaries › How protected time looks, choose Your own and paste the protected time colour. It also colours your Deep Focus time.

Changed your mind? Your saved palettes are under See all in Settings › Appearance › Colours.

Pair it with a calm week

Your 9–5 is not supposed to become a 9–9. The 9–5 with Boundaries is a free schedule template you can add to your calendar or preview in Anser.

Use this in Anser

The 9–5 with Boundaries

See it on your own week first. One tap to undo.

Add to my week: The 9–5 with Boundaries

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