Dark grey

Raven 953 is a deep, almost neutral dark grey with a cool core, combining calmness, austerity and subtle elegance.

This raven black is a near-black gray with low brightness and very low saturation. The color appears cool, controlled, and remarkably still. It avoids emotional exaggeration and creates a clear, structured presence. From a perceptual psychology perspective, it conveys concentration, seriousness, and visual calm without seeming heavy or oppressive. Associations range from raven feathers to basalt stone, graphite, and industrial surfaces.

In design, this anthracite gray acts as a precise frame, sharply defining forms, joints, and proportions. In fashion, the hue appears structured and functional on woolens, twill, or technical outerwear, yet simultaneously urban and understated. Combined with chalk white, misty gray, light oak, and sparing brass details, it creates a timeless, graphic atmosphere. When paired with intense color accents such as mustard yellow, emerald green, or a striking red, this color allows for clear, deliberate contrasts that emphasize the materiality of the surroundings and provide a calm structure.

• Seasonal & festive applications: Winter decor with metal, urban New Year's Eve displays, business event stages, gallery openings, minimalist Christmas arrangements
• Natural occurrences: raven feathers, basalt rock, graphite, wet asphalt, dark pebbles
• Florist plants: black calla lilies, dark tulips, deep purple scabiosa, dark hellebores, ornamental grasses in smoky tones
• Harmonizing colors: Chalk white, fog grey, light oak, sage green, taupe
• Contrasting colors: mustard yellow, tomato red, emerald green, cool turquoise, bright coral red
• Similar colors: Basalt grey, soot grey, deep graphite, coal grey, slate anthracite

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