Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy Palette 1

Palette Analysis

Values in Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Neither warm nor cool has the upper hand here; the equilibrium between the two generates the palette's visual energy. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The most saturated colour, #5A3417, is reserved to 8.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 60 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. This is palette 1 of Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.