Violet signal: an Evangelion-inspired colour palette for your planner

Armour purple, signal green and a flash of orange: one of the most recognisable colour schemes in anime. Loud on purpose.

A fan-made palette. Anser isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Evangelion.

01Where each colour goes

Colour	Hex	Use it for
Work (armour purple)	#5B3A8E	Work blocks, in the colour everything else plays against
Health (signal green)	#7BC043	Movement, sleep and food, impossible to overlook
Personal (warning orange)	#F08A24	People and evenings, the warm one
Goals (gunmetal)	#2E3A46	Long-term plans, kept quiet and serious
Accent (deep violet)	#2A1B45	Buttons, today’s date and highlights
Protected time (pale lilac)	#EEE9F6	A faint wash over your protected time

02Why purple, green and orange work

Purple, green and orange are the three secondary colours, spaced evenly around the colour wheel. That even spacing is why they clash in a way that looks deliberate, and why you can tell every block apart at a glance. Gunmetal is the fourth, so one category stays calm.

03Your week in violet signal

04You can (not) do everything

• Three priorities, not thirty. Pick them before the day picks for you.
• Protect the recovery time. The harder the week, the more the evenings matter.
• Say no once. A clear no is kinder than a maybe.
• Get in the bath. Rest counts as doing something.

05Make 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.

06Free downloads in violet signal

October and November calendar wallpapers for your phone and desktop, and a printable week in A4 and US Letter.

07Pair it with a calm week

3 priorities. Lots of buffer. That’s the schedule. The Low-Overwhelm Day is a free schedule template you can add to your calendar or preview in Anser.

Use this in Anser

The Low-Overwhelm Day

3 priorities. Lots of buffer. That’s the schedule. For days when a giant to-do list doesn’t work.

See it on your calendar: The Low-Overwhelm DayFree for 7 days

1. 8:308:30 AM: Arrive. No tasks yet.
2. 8:458:45 AM: Pick today’s Top 3
3. 9:009:00 AM: Focus 1
4. 10:3010:30 AM: Nothing scheduled
5. 10:4510:45 AM: Admin sprint
6. 12:0012:00 PM: Lunch
7. 1:001:00 PM: Meetings
8. 2:152:15 PM: Focus 2

08More palettes like this

• Witching hour
• Plum noir

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