André Lhote Palette 4

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give André Lhote its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. Chroma is moderate: colours carry enough saturation to be read as colour, but the palette stops well short of garish intensity. The dominant colour, #61734B, takes 28.4% of the total area, establishing the overall mood before any other hue is introduced. At 6.9%, #A5A23B carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The palette spans 46 value units: a measured range that delivers coherence over drama. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. André Lhote's palette 4 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.