Close to Cocoa is a mid-tone, soft brown with a warm, earthy feel. It suggests cocoa, hot chocolate and coffee, giving the shade a practical visual anchor without feeling limited to one object or season. The color works like a quiet neutral, helping nearby colors feel more grounded, polished or layered. Depending on the surrounding palette, it can read as caramel, wood brown, leather or warm earth, which gives it useful range for seasonal, natural, floral and themed designs.
Close to Cocoa is a soft brown that functions strongly as a neutral. It sits near the warm orange-red side of the wheel, giving it a warm presence that can either support nearby colors or become a clear focal accent depending on contrast. Its hue of around 15° gives it its warm earth brown character, its saturation of about 35% makes it feel soft rather than flat, and its value of about 58% gives it a mid-tone, usable weight.
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Generally best for web use
Generally best for printed materials
Generally best for use on digital screens
Generally best for use in professional video production
Stampin' Up retired Close to Cocoa in 2010, which means it is no longer sold directly by Stampin' Up.
You may be able to find select Close to Cocoa products in new or like-new condition on third-party resale marketplaces.
Stampin' Up retired Close to Cocoa in 2010, which means it is no longer sold directly by Stampin' Up.
You may be able to find select Close to Cocoa products in new or like-new condition on third-party resale marketplaces.