Macarons originated in Italy. At first, they were just round almond biscuits with many cracks on the surface. If you go to Paris and go to the local morning market, you will see this most original macaron.


If you want to eat, the largest market in Paris is in Place d’Italie. Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm, some dessert shops and bakeries will also have such macarons.



There are also varieties of macarons. It looks like a cookie, and it is squeezed with a toothed flower mouth. It came out, not very sweet, but very fragrant because of the almonds.


There are also macarons, which are two pieces of macaroons with various fillings sandwiched between them, about 4cm in diameter, and have obvious everted skirts. This is the first French shop laduree to create this practice, so Italian macarons have become a popular dessert in France. laduree made macarons popular in France, and PIERRE HERME made macarons popular in the world.



PIERRE HERME's macarons are probably the best imported macarons. Even if it is shipped by air from abroad, it will affect the taste due to the reasons of freezing and thawing before selling. Fresh macarons are the best!


March 20 is "Macaron Day" around the world. The festival was created in Paris in 2005 by the Pierre Hermé patisserie and has since spread around the world as a tradition. On this day, festive bakeries and macaron stores around the world offer customers a free macaron sample. One percent of all additional sales of macarons will be donated to local charities; however, there may be areas where "Macaron Day" is not synchronized globally, such as June 21 in Japan.


Macarons look gorgeous in color thanks to the heavy use of matcha, cocoa, jam or caramel.



Later, the color of this dessert was sought after by the fashion industry, and the unique color scheme of "Macaron" was born.



Just like the color "Advanced Gray", Macaron is also a color with low saturation. On the basis of solid color, adding 10%-30% grayscale, you get "macaron color".


The "pink feeling" may be a core feature of the macaron color palette. If the base color is a bright red, add a certain amount of gray to give it a pale pink texture.In the case where the background color is green, add a certain amount of grayscale to make the new color look like a pinkish green texture.



The difference from high-grade gray is that warm and bright colors are the hallmarks of macaron colors.Advanced gray mainly highlights "frigidity", while macaron color highlights "candy color" and "girly feeling".



Here are some interesting facts about "Macarons"!