sunset hues

Dusk sky tones

Sunset hues are the colors visible in the sky as the sun descends toward the horizon—oranges, reds, pinks, purples, and golds blending together.

The phrase appears frequently in descriptions of décor, fashion, and photography: The bedroom was painted in sunset hues.

Her dress captured the sunset hues of a late summer evening.

Related

magic hour · dusk · twilight · fading light · amber · lavender · purple · sky · horizon · glow · afterglow · silhouette · clouds · warmth · warm tones · fading · coral · rose

Categories
Opposites
time of day light quality

sunset huesmidday sun

Solar apex overhead

morning light · daylight · sunrise colors

color temperature/warmth

sunset huescool tones

Colors leaning toward blue

cool grays · steel blue · steel gray · fluorescent light

light vs darkness

sunset huespitch black

Total absence of light

pitch darkness · midnight sky · blackness · moonless night · midnight black

Family

sunset, sunsets, sun, suns, sunny, sunned, sunning, sunshine, sunlight

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G