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Adolphe Piot Palette 4

Shadowed Caramel
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Caramel Warm mid-brown - the color of cooked sugar, smooth and amber-toned.
Adolphe Piot Palette 4 - Shadowed Caramel

Color Composition

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Colors
#0E0101
20.80%
#75300F
14.70%
#EBE2C9
11.40%
#985016
11.40%
#E5CFA6
8.50%
#521B09
8.50%
#B57D2D
7.50%
#D6B375
6.30%
#300A03
5.90%
#D0A33E
5.00%

Palette Analysis

The value structure of Adolphe Piot is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Chroma is moderate: colours carry enough saturation to be read as colour, but the palette stops well short of garish intensity. The highest-chroma note - #985016 - appears at just 11.4%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The value range spans 80 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. This is palette 4 of Adolphe Piot's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

  • theater design
  • jewelry brands
  • tobacco-adjacent retail
  • event branding
  • film & entertainment

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