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Alfred Dehodencq Palette 7

Muted Rust
Muted Deliberately desaturated - chroma pulled toward gray, the restraint of tonal painting.
Rust Oxidized red-brown - the color of iron corrosion, warm and earthy-red.
Alfred Dehodencq Palette 7 - Muted Rust

Color Composition

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Colors
#C15C14
18.30%
#B13C12
12.80%
#8A2812
11.80%
#A76D31
11.40%
#D37F33
10.90%
#5F291E
10.20%
#944925
9.60%
#D79558
8.40%
#1A381C
3.40%
#3E5E2F
3.10%

Palette Analysis

Alfred Dehodencq keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. At 8.4%, #D79558 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The value range of 41 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. This is palette 7 of Alfred Dehodencq'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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