The University of Birmingham Colour Palette Sketchbook

Whenever I’m researching a new Colour Palette, I spend a lot of time walking around a place, looking at buildings, signs, landmarks and all those little details that give somewhere its character. I take plenty of photographs, but I also love to sketch the places I visit. It makes you stop, look properly and notice things you might otherwise walk straight past.

So it seemed only right that the Colour Palettes should become sketchbooks too.

Each Colour Palette Sketchbook is an A5 notebook featuring one of our distinctive six-colour designs, with 60 sheets ready for your own sketches, drawings, doodles, notes, plans and ideas.

I sketch the places I visit while researching The Colour Palette Company. Now you can too.

Use it as a travel sketchbook, artist’s notebook, drawing pad, journal, student notepad or everyday ideas book. It’s a colourful and practical stationery gift for artists, illustrators, designers, students, architects and creative people, as well as anyone who simply loves putting pen or pencil to paper.

Made in the UK using sustainable FSC-accredited materials, it’s designed to be carried around, scribbled in, drawn in and filled with ideas.

Take it out. Look around. Sketch something.

Product details

A5 size with 60 sheets.
Proudly printed and produced in the UK.
Made using sustainable FSC-accredited materials.

The University of Birmingham Colour Palette: 

Nettlefold Green – for the wonderful gardens at Winterbourne House, built for the Nettlefold family in the early 20th century.

Bramall Brass – for the Bramall Music Building at the Edgbaston campus.

Barber Stone – for the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and its glorious masterpieces.

Great Hall White – for the university’s beautiful Great Hall, home to special events, talks, and more.

Old Joe Brick – for the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower – the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world – an icon on campus and across South Birmingham.

Allosaurus Grey – for the Lapworth Museum of Geology and its remarkable fossil collection.

Designed for students, academics, and professionals, this premium notepad offers smooth, high-quality pages ideal for writing, sketching, or organising ideas. Its University of Birmingham-inspired colour palette captures the essence of historic campus buildings, manicured lawns, and scholarly tradition, making it a practical yet visually appealing stationery piece. Created by The Colour Palette Company, it celebrates place, colour, and functional design.