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Andre Masson Palette 4

Shadowed Umber
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Umber Dark earthy brown - raw or burnt umber, a foundational old-master earth pigment.
Andre Masson Palette 4 - Shadowed Umber

Color Composition

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Colors
#725039
14.50%
#5B4639
13.20%
#41332B
12.50%
#8C674C
11.90%
#4B3323
9.90%
#32231B
9.60%
#765D50
8.80%
#875834
7.50%
#664027
6.80%
#A47B53
5.40%

Palette Analysis

Andre Masson occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm hues command this palette; Andre Masson favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. #664027 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.8%). The value range of 34 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. Andre Masson's palette 4 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.

Example use cases

  • theater design
  • jewelry brands
  • tobacco-adjacent retail
  • event branding
  • film & entertainment

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