Allan Ramsay Palette 5

Palette Analysis

Values in Allan Ramsay rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. A restrained, mid-chroma palette: every hue is present and legible, but nothing shouts. A single dominant - #39353B at 28.0% - sets the character of the whole composition. #A24624 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (9.1%). The full value range is 59 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. In the context of Allan Ramsay's full range of palettes, group 5 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.