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Jungle Gym: a trail color story built from hikers in pale shells, leaf textures and wet greens.

Color Stories

Color Stories

Three color stories for a gravel trail running shoe, Arizona Desert, Campfire Dusk and Jungle Gym, pulled from nature and built from Pantone books and NOBULL's core palette.

Category
Color Stories
Year
2026
Duration
Summer 2026
Role
Color, material, and finish design intern
For
NOBULL, Boston
Tools
InDesign, Photoshop, Pantone TCX
Materials
Pantone Textile Cotton (TCX) references

The three color stories are Arizona Desert, Campfire Dusk, and Jungle Gym.

These color stories were developed during an earlier stage of my NOBULL internship project. After researching market data and trend analysis, I worked with the PLM team to narrow our product pitch down to a gravel trail running shoe.

From there, I began exploring what potential colorways for a shoe like this could look like. Since the shoe was designed for the outdoors, I wanted to pull inspiration directly from nature. NOBULL has never been afraid to use bold and bright colors, so I knew that needed to be part of the palette as well.

I narrowed my ideas down to three distinct color stories and used InDesign and Photoshop to bring them to life. Using each story as a starting point, I built out the color palettes with Pantone color books while also incorporating shades from NOBULL's core color palette.

Arizona Desert

Arizona Desert: heat-saturated accents against a navy, moonbeam and white core, with desert running imagery.

Arizona Desert palette

Accents, then the core:

  • Vibrant Orange 16-1364
  • Poppy Red 17-1664
  • Pink Yarrow 17-2034
  • Spectra Yellow 14-0957
  • Lime Punch 13-0550
  • Summer Green 14-6156
  • Holly Green 16-5932
  • Pink Cosmos
  • Core: Navy Blazer 19-3923, Moonbeam 13-0000, Bright White 11-0601

Campfire Dusk

Campfire Dusk: headlamps, red rock and a low sun at the end of a trail day.

Campfire Dusk palette

  • Blue Aster 18-4252 TCX
  • Hibiscus 18-1762 TCX
  • Amaranth Purple 19-3536 TCX
  • Fawn 16-1510 TPG
  • Iced Aqua 13-5410 TPG
  • Bright Cobalt 19-4037 TCX
  • Muskmelon 15-1242 TPG
  • Chili Pepper 19-1557 TCX
  • Black Iris 19-3921 TCX

Jungle Gym

Jungle Gym: hikers in pale shells, leaf textures and wet greens.

Jungle Gym palette

  • Blarney
  • Shady Glade
  • Blackberry Wine
  • Blue Turquoise
  • Bright Chartreuse
  • Orange Peel
  • Citrus
  • Pale Banana
  • Core: Forest Night, Pure Cashmere, Jet Black