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  <title>Five Equal Columns with Color Palette Example</title>
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<style>
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica;
    margin: 25px;
    padding: 25px;
}
/* Create five equal columns that floats next to each other */
.column {
  float: left;
  width: 20%;
  padding: 10px;
  height: 300px; /* Should be removed. Only for demonstration */
}

/* Clear floats after the columns */
.row:after {
  content: "";
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}

h1 {
  color: #2E3940;
  font-weight: bold;
}
h2 {
  color: #468C32;
  font-weight: bold;
  }
h3 {
    color: white;
    font-weight: bold;
    }
/* using white text on dark backgrounds provides high contrast */
p {
  color: white;
}
/* centers the image */
img.center {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}
/* image border */
.thick-border {
  border-color: #2E3940;
  border-width: 20px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-radius: 20px;
}
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<h1>Five Equal Columns</h1>
  <h2>Color Palette From a Photograph</h2>
<div class="row"><img class="thick-border" src="https://www.sharynmorrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dolemites.jpg" alt="church in scenic setting"></div>
<div class="row">
<!-- change the hex value here for your first column -->
  <div class="column" style="background-color: #2E3940;">
    <h3>Col 1</h3>
<!-- some lorem ipsum text -->
    <p>bibendum</p>
  </div>
<!-- change the hex value here for your second column -->
  <div class="column" style="background-color: #295922;">
    <h3>Col 2</h3>
<!-- some lorem ipsum or placeholder text -->
    <p>placeholder text</p>
  </div>
<!-- change the hex value here for your third column -->
  <div class="column" style="background-color: #468C32;">
    <h3>Col 3</h3>
<!-- some lorem ipsum or placeholder text -->
    <p>placeholder text</p>
  </div>
<!-- change the hex value here for your fourth column -->
  <div class="column" style="background-color: #397329;">
<!-- some lorem ipsum or placeholder text -->
    <h3>Col 4</h3>
    <p>placeholder text</p>
  </div>
<!-- change the hex value here for your fifth column -->
    <div class="column" style="background-color: #2D401A;">
<!-- some lorem ipsum or placeholder text -->
  <h3>Col 5</h3>
    <p>placeholder text</p>
  </div>
</div>

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