Barn and pasture: barn red and whiteBarn red walls, white trim, slate gray roof, green pasture, azure sky.#952A23 · #FAF8F5 · #586574 · #3B9438 · #389AF0
Barn and pasture: barn red and whiteBarn red walls, white trim, slate gray roof, green pasture, azure sky.
Barn door: barn red and strawBarn red door, white cross braces, dark brown doorway shadow, straw loose bedding, tan dirt yard.
Dairy door: barn red and creamBarn red door, silver milk churn, white door frame, cream barn cat, gray stone step.
Hayloft door: barn red and dull greenBarn red gable, dark brown loft opening, dull green hay, white pulley beam, sky blue horizon.
Hen house: barn red and creamBarn red coop, cream hens, tomato red combs, straw nest bedding, brown ramp.
Paddock gate: barn red and leaf greenWhite fence, barn red gate, leaf green paddock, chestnut horse, pale blue sky.
Rooster on the rail: gold on barn redBarn red wall behind, tomato red comb, gold neck feathers, forest green tail, white fence rail.
Rooster vane: black on barn redBarn red cupola, white louvers, black rooster vane, charcoal shingles, pale blue sky.
Silo and barn: barn red and silverBarn red walls, silver silo, white silo cap, pale blue sky, gold stubble.
Tractor shed: red on barn redRed tractor, charcoal tires, cream wheel hubs, barn red shed wall, green grass.
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Field 10
Cabbage rows: sage and brownSage cabbages, pale green hearts, forest green outer leaves, brown soil, straw mulch.
Corn rows: leaf green and brownLeaf green leaves, lime young leaves, golden yellow tassels, brown soil, pale blue sky.
Field scarecrow: straw and denimStraw stuffed arms, denim overalls, gold wheat, brown post, dull green field edge.
Hay cut: dull green and yellowDull green cut hay, leaf green standing grass, lime sunlit grass, yellow buttercups, brown fence posts.
Orchard rows: red and leaf greenLeaf green trees, red apples, dull green mown grass, chestnut trunks, straw ladder.
Plowed furrows: dark brown and tanDark brown furrows, brown ridges, tan dry clods, green headland, white gulls.
Ripe wheat: gold and greenGold ripe wheat, straw cut stubble, green hedge, brown track, azure sky.
Round bales: straw and azureStraw bales, gold stubble, dull green verge, dark brown bale shadows, azure sky.
Sheep pasture: green and whiteGreen grass, lime sunlit grass, white sheep, tan worn path, sage thistles.
Sunflower rows: golden yellow and azureGolden yellow petals, chestnut seed heads, leaf green leaves, forest green shade, azure sky.
Sky 10
Big sky: azure over goldAzure high sky, sky blue low haze, white clouds, gold wheat, green hedge line.
Dawn chores: peach over forest greenLavender high sky, peach low sky, pale yellow rising sun, barn red gable end, forest green dark pasture.
First frost: pink over sagePale blue sky, pink sunrise band, white frost, sage frosted grass, dark brown bare hedge.
Harvest sunset: orange over goldLavender upper sky, pink cloud streaks, orange sun band, gold lit stubble, dark brown field edge.
Kite over stubble: red over strawPale blue sky, white cloud, red kite, straw stubble, chestnut turned soil.
Mist on the field: pale blue over sagePale blue sky, white mist, pale gray far trees, sage near field, brown fence.
Noon haze: azure over strawAzure sky, pale blue haze, pale yellow sun glare, straw dry field, tan dust road.
Rain on the way: slate gray over strawSlate gray cloud bank, steel rain veil, pale blue gap of clear sky, straw stubble, green wet grass.
Swallows at dusk: lavender over oliveBlue upper sky, lavender lower sky, black swallows, barn red shed roof, olive dusk field.
Wind pump: azure over tanAzure sky, white cloud, silver pump blades, tan dry grass, brown water trough.
Produce 10
Apple bushel: red and limeRed ripe apples, lime tart apples, butter yellow cut apple, brown stems, tan basket.
Beet bunch: burgundy and leaf greenBurgundy beets, pink stems, leaf green leaves, brown soil, tan crate.
Berry baskets: red and plumRed strawberries, plum blackberries, blue blueberries, leaf green hulls, pale green baskets.
Honey stand: gold and creamGold honey, butter yellow beeswax candles, cream honeycomb, brown stand, white sign.
Market crate: tomato red and orangeTomato red tomatoes, orange carrots, leaf green beans, yellow squash, tan crate.
Milk and butter: pale yellow and blueWhite milk, pale yellow butter, cream cheese round, silver pail, blue check cloth.
Morning eggs: cream and tanCream pale eggs, tan speckled eggs, pale blue duck eggs, straw nest lining, brown basket.
Pepper box: red and greenRed ripe peppers, orange turning peppers, golden yellow sweet peppers, green unripe peppers, tan box.
Pumpkin cart: orange and barn redOrange pumpkins, butter yellow squash, forest green gourds, barn red cart, straw bedding.
Sweet corn: yellow and pale greenYellow kernels, pale green husks, cream silk, leaf green stalk, tan sack.
How this list was compiled: Own work, written for Draw This Next on 2026-10-14: palettes of five colors of a farm, in four kinds (barn, field, sky, produce). Every palette, name, color word, hex code and part is our own choice; nothing is sampled from a photograph, and no farm, brand, maker of machinery or product is named. How a strip is ordered: each color is named for its part of one small scene, and the name carries two of the colors; a Sky strip reads from the top of the sky down to the ground. Our own tests, not a standard: every Barn strip holds barn red and a white, a cream or a gray; a Field strip holds four or more colors of the land (an HSL hue from 14 to 150 degrees: soil browns, straw yellows and crop greens); in a Sky strip the first two colors are sky or cloud and the last is the land; a Produce strip names one color for what holds the produce (a crate, a basket, a cart, a sack, a pail, a box or a stand). The facts in the page copy, checked on 2026-10-14 against English Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0): Barn, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn (the caption of its picture of a red New England barn: the traditional color is the result of iron oxide stain applied to protect the wood from UV damage); Rust, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust (rust is an iron oxide, usually reddish-brown); Hay, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay (hay is grass, legumes or other herbaceous plants that have been cut and dried to be stored for use as animal fodder; good-quality hay is green; straw is used mainly for animal bedding); Straw, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw (the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed). The codes for barn red, straw and the green of hay are our own. Color names are plain English words with no paint maker, pencil brand or color-matching system, and one word is one code everywhere on this list. Checked on 2026-10-14: every code is #RRGGBB, each color word fits the hue and lightness of its code, no palette, name or line repeats, no two palettes share four codes, no two colors of a palette are closer than 8 in CIE Lab, and no palette is on another palette list of this site or of its sister sites. The hex codes are for a screen; with paint, pencils or markers, take the nearest color. Licence: own work
How it works
A farm color palette here is five colors of one small scene: a red barn with white trim, a field of straw and green, a big sky over the land, or a crate of produce.
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Barn red, with white or gray
Every Barn strip holds barn red #952A23 and a white, a cream or a gray: trim, a silo, a roof. In Barn and pasture the walls are barn red, the trim white #FAF8F5 and the roof slate gray, with a green pasture under an azure sky.
Field, sky and produce
Field strips are four or more colors of the land: soil browns, straw yellows and crop greens. Sky strips read from the top of the sky down to the ground. Produce strips also name what holds the harvest, a crate, a basket or a cart, as in Market crate: tomato red #E8482C and orange.
Questions and answers
What colors are in a farm color palette?
Barn red #952A23, white, straw #E1CF8E, gold, greens from lime to forest green #255635, soil browns, and sky blue or azure #389AF0. Produce adds tomato red, orange and yellow.
Why are barns red?
English Wikipedia's Barn article says of a red New England barn that the traditional color is the result of an iron oxide stain applied to protect the wood from UV damage. Rust is an iron oxide and is usually reddish-brown.
What color is hay, and what color is straw?
Hay is grass or other plants cut and dried for animal feed, and good hay is green. Straw is the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain has been removed. Here hay is dull green #85A762 and straw is #E1CF8E.
What colors go with barn red?
White for trim, slate gray #586574 for a roof, straw and gold for bedding and stubble, and green for grass. Dairy door sets barn red beside silver, white, cream and gray.