Abbott Handerson Thayer Palette 3

Palette Analysis

Abbott Handerson Thayer occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm hues command this palette; Abbott Handerson Thayer favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. Only 5.3% is devoted to #F4ECDC, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The full value range is 73 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. In the context of Abbott Handerson Thayer's full range of palettes, group 3 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.