Photographers often turn to sunsets to capture some spectacular and vibrant color palettes painted across Mother Nature’s canvas. The sky turns so many different shades as the sun sinks behind the horizon, that you find many saying that sunset is a time of inspiration. As designers, we can turn to these amazing photos not only to inspire but to capture some of those color palettes for our own work.
That is why we have this post working double duty for our readers. We have collected some wonderful photographs of sunsets and arranged them in a gallery to inspire you. And we have generated color palettes from the photos that we have included in the post so that you can save them and use them later in your future designs.
The Goods
Sunset
![Sunset-at-Ger-Tor-by-Alex37 Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-1](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sunset-700x467.jpg)
![cp-ger-tor Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-2](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-ger-tor.jpg)
Hopeful Horizons
![a-cold-sunset-by-johnnydeluxe Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-3](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/tress-under-clody-sky.jpg)
![cp-a-cold-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-4](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-a-cold-sunset.jpg)
Sunset on Goulais Bay by spisharam
![sunset-on-goulais-bay Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-5](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunset-on-goulais-bay.jpg)
![cp-on-goulais-bay Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-6](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-on-goulais-bay.jpg)
Sunsets by Mohamed Malick
![sunsets-by-malick Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-7](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunsets-by-malick.jpg)
![cp-malick Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-8](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-malick.jpg)
Sunset by Neils Photography
![sunset-by-neilsphoto Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-9](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunset-by-neilsphoto.jpg)
![cp-neils-photo Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-10](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-neils-photo.jpg)
Sunset by Brian Forbes
![sunset-by-forbes Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-11](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunset-by-forbes.jpg)
![cp-forbes Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-12](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-forbes.jpg)
Sunset by Diego PH
![sunset-by-sudarshan Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-13](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/aerial-photography.jpg)
![cp-sudarshan Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-14](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-sudarshan.jpg)
Sunset by halfrain
![sunset-by-halfrain Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-15](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunset-by-halfrain.jpg)
![cp-halfrain Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-16](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-halfrain.jpg)
Sunset by luvjnx
![sunset-by-luvjnx Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-17](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunset-by-luvjnx.jpg)
![cp-luvjnx Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-18](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-luvjnx.jpg)
Sunset by Don Dearing
![sunset-by-don-d Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-19](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunset-by-don-d.jpg)
![cp-don-d Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-20](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-don-d.jpg)
Sunset tree by jsogo
![sunset-tree Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-21](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunset-tree.jpg)
![cp-sunset-tree Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-22](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-sunset-tree.jpg)
Sunset by Diego PH
![Sunset-by-AntiSpy Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-23](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/silhouette-of-mountain.jpg)
![cp-antispy Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-24](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-antispy.jpg)
Sunset by Sergey Pesterev
![sunset-by-S-moon Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-25](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/landscape.jpg)
![cp-s-moon Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-26](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-s-moon.jpg)
Sunset by John Towner
![sunset-by-onlyphoto Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-27](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/people-on-top-of-hill-.jpg)
![cp-onlyphoto Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-28](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-onlyphoto.jpg)
Sunset by Gabriel Testoni
![Sunset-by-aiyoshi Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-29](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gabriel-testoni-gsui8BWwtGk-unsplash.jpg)
![cp-aiyoshi Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-30](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-aiyoshi.jpg)
Sunset by stories
![Sunset-by-yakushkin Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-31](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-sun.jpg)
![cp-yakushkin Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-32](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-yakushkin.jpg)
Sunset by Jaime Serrano
![Sunset-by-theotherdude Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-33](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/jaime-serrano-ziDTXxEO_Vo-unsplash.jpg)
![cp-theotherdude Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-34](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-theotherdude.jpg)
Sunset by John ehrlich
![Sunset-by-MaraDamian Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-35](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/trees-near-body.jpg)
![cp-maradamian Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-36](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-maradamian.jpg)
A Sunset by Sheila Jellison
![A-Sunset-by-metagore Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-37](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/bird-on-sea.jpg)
![cp-metagore-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-38](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-metagore-sunset.jpg)
Sunset by Neils Photography
![sunset2-by-neilsphoto Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-39](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/sunset2-by-neilsphoto.jpg)
![cp-neilsphoto2 Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-40](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-neilsphoto2.jpg)
Body of water
![fisherman-and-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-41](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/body-of-water.jpg)
![cp-fisherman-and-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-42](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-fisherman-and-sunset.jpg)
Bradley Beach
![Lupins-Sunset-by-XavierJamonet Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-43](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/body-of-water-purple.jpg)
![cp-lupins-and-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-44](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-lupins-and-sunset.jpg)
Island by Andre Benz
![Shore-Sunset-by-robcherry Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-45](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/island.jpg)
![cp-shore-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-46](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-shore-sunset.jpg)
at sunset… by Tyler Lastovich
![at-sunset-by-WiciaQ Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-47](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/body-of-water-wanaka.jpg)
![cp-at-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-48](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-at-sunset.jpg)
Island during daytime
![sunset-by-sultan-alghamdi Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-49](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/tor-bay-canada.jpg)
![cp-by-sultan Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-50](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-by-sultan.jpg)
Seashore near rocky mountain
![hawaiian-sunset-by-andrewmcconville Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-51](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/seashore.jpg)
![cp-hawaiian-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-52](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-hawaiian-sunset.jpg)
Sunset by Zdeněk Macháček
![sunset-by-ak87 Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-53](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/zdenek-machacek-UsqHJMlAW0A-unsplash.jpg)
![cp-by-ak87 Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-54](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-by-ak87.jpg)
Just before the beach fireworks started
![a-Boat-at-the-Sunset-by-jjuuhhaa Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-55](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/house.jpg)
![cp-a-boat-at-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-56](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-a-boat-at-sunset.jpg)
Silhouette of rocks
![Sunset-VIII-by-nordfold Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-57](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/silhouette-of-rocks.jpg)
![cp-sunset-VIII Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-58](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-sunset-VIII.jpg)
Red Sunset
![Red-Sunset-by-Mariposita1 Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-59](https://www.jotform.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/free-sky.jpg)
![cp-red-sunset Sunsets and Color Palettes Inspiration Image-60](https://s3.amazonaws.com/noupe/2011/06/cp-red-sunset.jpg)
Image by Stefan Schweihofer from Pixabay
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23 Comments:
More than a year ago
The sunset pictures are lovely and they are so refreshing. I have lived all my life chasing sunsets. I relally love this page
Thanks
The combination of colours are amazing!!!!!
More than a year ago
Fantabulous
More than a year ago
Gorgeous plethora of natural color palettes - nature does it best! It will be a challenging but fun decision to make. Thank you for posting - definitely sharing this post! @isq
More than a year ago
incredible photos, will share the link
More than a year ago
Beautiful!! stunning!! thank you! enjoyed the blog very much!
More than a year ago
Robert, I am honored to have my images included in your article and to be considered on par with the excellent images you have used to make your poignant point.
More than a year ago
Great article!
More than a year ago
great post, and the selection of picture really does the job,
yet I always find that using 5 colors is a little too much
I would rather go with 3 colors, that work 2 by 2
the white, black or grey can come help if 3 is really too few...
More than a year ago
Fantastic Pictures, however I'd highly recommend paying attention to the use of the amount of colours which is a great deal in almost every case, especially in design.
The site COLOURlovers does this and J. Itten also ephasises this in his book.
Great post anyways!
Cheers,
Greg
More than a year ago
Thanks, Lasantha, we appreciate the comments. I agree, that color palette would work well for long hour exposure on a site.
More than a year ago
Great article... I really like the palette "Sunset in Oporto by nfp", coz most of its colors are earth colors and it's suitable for a site where users visit frequently and spend long hours.
Anyway thanx Noupe for sharing the article. Hope to use the same technique when choosing color palettes in my future designs... :) :) :)
More than a year ago
Thanks so much for all the kind and encouraging words. We are glad that so many people find the post different and useful.
Noupe Editorial
More than a year ago
Thanks for the kind words and interest.
Don't have another with sunrises...yet. ;) That was actually something under consideration after we put this post together. Originally we thought of doing both sunrise and sunsets in a single post, but found so many great photos of sunsets that it would have just been too much in a single post. But keep an eye out, for as the sun sets, so must it rise.
More than a year ago
So true. It is about more than just having the right colors.
More than a year ago
Beautiful images. Thanks for sharing!
More than a year ago
The colors of summer are all around us. This time of year always gets me to notice the vibrant colors around me.
More than a year ago
Thank you for this gorgeous combo of sunsets and palettes of color! I would love to post this on my blog.
Do you have another with sunrises? I wonder if cooler colors might make up the palettes for that time of day?
More than a year ago
Awesome share, thanks a lot
More than a year ago
Good Job . Something very different
More than a year ago
Awesome
More than a year ago
Great examples of color palletes. I think it's not only about the colors, it depends a lot of the contrast too, you can use the same pallete but if the contrast is not right, the pallete is worthless.
Thanks for this!
More than a year ago
What a great idea. It's amazing how many different color palettes can be made from the same sky! These are gorgeous images! I will have to bookmark this article and be sure to come back and use some of these palettes!
Thanks for the share!
More than a year ago
Different, but creative article!