Read the rainforest vertically. Sunlit green belongs high in the canopy; deeper greens gather below it, and wet brown bark holds the shaded ground.

Color near eye level is less predictable. A red heliconia bract stays fixed among leaves, but the blue of a morpho wing appears and disappears as the butterfly moves. The palette is built around those different durations.

Rainforest Colors palette with layered canopy greens, wet bark brown, a red heliconia bract, and a blue morpho wing