--- title: Rosco Design Palettes Into The Woods description: Explore curated Rosco lighting gel colors, gobos, and scenic paints for your Into the Woods stage play. Perfect for high school and community theater sets. image: https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Into%20The%20Woods%20OG%20rev.png --- [Skip to content](https://spectrum.rosco.com/design-palettes-into-the-woods#main-content) - [Resources and Documents](https://us.rosco.com/node/20) - [Contact Us](https://us.rosco.com/about-us/contact-us) - [Where to Buy](https://us.rosco.com/about-us/where-to-buy) [![ROSCO\_H\_RGB-1](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ROSCO_H_RGB-1.png?width=196&height=43&name=ROSCO_H_RGB-1.png "ROSCO_H_RGB-1")](https://rosco.com) Let's create something brilliant together. [![ROSCO\_H\_RGB-1](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ROSCO_H_RGB-1.png?width=196&height=43&name=ROSCO_H_RGB-1.png "ROSCO_H_RGB-1")](http://rosco.com) Let's create something brilliant together. - [Resources and Documents](https://us.rosco.com/node/20) - [Contact Us](https://us.rosco.com/about-us/contact-us) - [Where to Buy](https://us.rosco.com/about-us/where-to-buy) # INTO THE WOODS DESIGN PALETTES   - [Scenic Paint Color Palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/design-palettes-into-the-woods#ScenicPaint) - [Scenic Coatings Palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/design-palettes-into-the-woods#ScenicCoatings) - [Color Filter Palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/design-palettes-into-the-woods#FilterColor) - [Gobo Palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/design-palettes-into-the-woods#GoboPalette) SCENIC PAINT COLOR PALETTE: INTO THE WOODS ##### Color suggestions provided by Scenic Artist Bridgette Dennett ##### Learn more in the blog: [Into The Woods: A Guide To Creating A Fairy-Tale Forest On Stage](https://spectrum.rosco.com/into-the-woods-a-guide-to-creating-a-fairy-tale-forest-on-stage?hsLang=en) - ![5365 OB Chrome Oxide Green](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/5365%20OB%20Chrome%20Oxide%20Green.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=5365%20OB%20Chrome%20Oxide%20Green.jpg) - ![5366 OB Lemon Yellow](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/5366%20OB%20Lemon%20Yellow.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=5366%20OB%20Lemon%20Yellow.jpg) - ![5354 OB Burnt Umber](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/5354%20OB%20Burnt%20Umber.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=5354%20OB%20Burnt%20Umber.jpg) - ![5382 OB Paynes Grey](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/5382%20OB%20Paynes%20Grey.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=5382%20OB%20Paynes%20Grey.jpg) - ![5380 OB Van Dyke Brown](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/5380%20OB%20Van%20Dyke%20Brown.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=5380%20OB%20Van%20Dyke%20Brown.jpg) - ![5350 OB White v2](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/5350%20OB%20White%20v2.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=5350%20OB%20White%20v2.jpg) - ![5367 OB Golden Yellow](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/5367%20OB%20Golden%20Yellow.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=5367%20OB%20Golden%20Yellow.jpg) - ![Metallix 5479 Gilders Gold](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Metallix%205479%20Gilders%20Gold.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=Metallix%205479%20Gilders%20Gold.jpg) - ![5785 Fluorescent Invisible Blue](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/5785%20Fluorescent%20Invisible%20Blue.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=5785%20Fluorescent%20Invisible%20Blue.jpg) The Chrome Oxide Green is a great base color for leaves, then mix the Lemon Yellow in to make a brighter highlight green. The Burnt Umber is the base color for your wood bark. Lighten with the White for a highlight color. Mix the Paynes Grey or the Van Dyke Brown into either base color to create the shadow colors for your leaves and bark. You can use the Off Broadway White to create your “cow as white as milk,” and you can paint your “slippers as pure as gold” with Metallix Gilders Gold on top of a Golden Yellow base coat. You'll want to prime the shoes first, though. [More details on this below.](https://spectrum.rosco.com/design-palettes-into-the-woods#ScenicCoatings)   #### PRO TIP You can experiment creating woodsy colors for your set design by mixing the foliage paints inside [Rosco’s Foliage Scenic Set](https://www.rosco.com/product/rosco-scenic-set-foliage-ob).   [Learn More](https://www.rosco.com/product/rosco-scenic-set-foliage-ob) [![rosco\_scenic\_sets\_foliage\_web](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/rosco_scenic_sets_foliage_web.jpg?width=400&height=302&name=rosco_scenic_sets_foliage_web.jpg "rosco_scenic_sets_foliage_web")](https://www.rosco.com/product/rosco-scenic-set-foliage-ob)   SCENIC COATINGS PALETTE: INTO THE WOODS ##### Coating suggestions provided by Scenic Artist Bridgette Dennett [![v2 Scenic Products Foamcoat copy](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/v2%20Scenic%20Products%20Foamcoat%20copy.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=v2%20Scenic%20Products%20Foamcoat%20copy.jpg "v2 Scenic Products Foamcoat copy")](https://www.rosco.com/product/foamcoat) [![v2 Scenic Palette CrystalGel copy](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/v2%20Scenic%20Palette%20CrystalGel%20copy.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=v2%20Scenic%20Palette%20CrystalGel%20copy.jpg "v2 Scenic Palette CrystalGel copy")](https://www.rosco.com/product/crystalgel) [![v2 Scenic Palette FlexBond](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/v2%20Scenic%20Palette%20FlexBond.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=v2%20Scenic%20Palette%20FlexBond.jpg "v2 Scenic Palette FlexBond")](https://www.rosco.com/product/flexbond) | If the trees in your forest are constructed out of carved foam, you can use [Rosco FoamCoat](https://www.rosco.com/product/foamcoat) to protect the carving and prime the foam for paint. [Learn more.](https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2012/05/three-dimensional-foliage?hsLang=en)   You can also use [Rosco Flexbond](https://www.rosco.com/product/flexbond) in a papier-mâché technique to strengthen and prime your tree trunks and limbs. [Learn more.](https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2021/10/how-to-create-large-scale-papier-mache-scenery?hsLang=en) | | --- | | If you want to make your own “slippers as pure as gold” you’ll want use [Rosco CrystalGel](https://www.rosco.com/product/crystalgel) to prime them first. Next apply a base coat of Off Broadway Golden Yellow, and then finish off the look with a coat or two of the Metallix Gilders Gold. [Learn more.](https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2018/05/diffuse-the-glitter-bomb?hsLang=en) | | --- | #### EFFECT RECIPE A Magical Invisible Blue Moon Paint a moon that will come alive to showcase "The Last Midnight" using Rosco Invisible Blue Fluorescent Paint and a blacklight like Rosco's Miro Cube® 2 UV365.   ![Invisible Blue Moon](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Invisible%20Blue%20Moon.gif?width=480&height=270&name=Invisible%20Blue%20Moon.gif "Invisible Blue Moon")   COLOR FILTER PALETTE: INTO THE WOODS ##### Color suggestions provided by Lighting Designer Darius Evans - ![R16 palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/R16%20palette.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=R16%20palette.jpg) - ![R55 Palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/R55%20Palette.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=R55%20Palette.jpg) - ![E202 palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/E202%20palette.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=E202%20palette.jpg) - ![R72 palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/R72%20palette.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=R72%20palette.jpg) - ![R64 Palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/R64%20Palette.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=R64%20Palette.jpg) - ![R91 palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/R91%20palette.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=R91%20palette.jpg) - ![R89 palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/R89%20palette.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=R89%20palette.jpg) - ![R86 palette](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/R86%20palette.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=R86%20palette.jpg) Use the R91, R89 & R86 together to create a mosaic of greenery and to convey different locations throughout the forest.  GOBO PALETTE: INTO THE WOODS ##### Gobo suggestions provided by Lighting Designer Darius Evans - ![Palette Gobo 78218 copy](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Palette%20Gobo%2078218%20copy.jpg?width=350&height=350&name=Palette%20Gobo%2078218%20copy.jpg) - ![Palette Gobo 655 copy](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Palette%20Gobo%20655%20copy.png?width=1200&height=1200&name=Palette%20Gobo%20655%20copy.png) - ![Palette Gobo 256 copy](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Palette%20Gobo%20256%20copy.png?width=1200&height=1200&name=Palette%20Gobo%20256%20copy.png) Use a mixture of 78218 and 655, two forest gobos to distinguish location throughout the story.         Use G256 gobo for the song "Giants in the Sky." # Resources [![Rosco DP Into The Woods form thumbnail](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rosco%20DP%20Into%20The%20Woods%20form%20thumbnail.png?width=200&height=259&name=Rosco%20DP%20Into%20The%20Woods%20form%20thumbnail.png "Rosco DP Into The Woods form thumbnail")](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Into%20The%20Woods%20combo%20form.pdf?hsLang=en) [Order Form Download PDF](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Rosco%20Theatrical%20Palettes%20Into%20The%20Woods%20Order%20Form%20print%20FNL.pdf?hsLang=en) ![Into The Woods Mood Board thumbnail](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Into%20The%20Woods%20Mood%20Board%20thumbnail.png?width=173&height=259&name=Into%20The%20Woods%20Mood%20Board%20thumbnail.png "Into The Woods Mood Board thumbnail") [Mood Board Download PDF](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Into%20The%20Woods%20Mood%20Board-1.pdf?hsLang=en) © 2026