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Alfred Guillou Palette 4

Nocturnal Bister
Nocturnal Night-register palette - very low values, the world after dark.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Alfred Guillou Palette 4 - Nocturnal Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#190E0A
26.20%
#2D2920
18.80%
#3D2B1A
15.80%
#50483C
11.60%
#746858
10.20%
#A77E58
7.30%
#74482D
3.60%
#C8A991
2.60%
#D8D7CE
2.20%
#20535C
1.80%

Palette Analysis

Values in Alfred Guillou rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Alfred Guillou carry the compositional weight. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The dominant colour, #190E0A, takes 26.2% of the total area, establishing the overall mood before any other hue is introduced. Only 3.6% is devoted to #74482D, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. At 70 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. This is palette 4 of Alfred Guillou'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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