Antonio de La Gándara Palette 5

Palette Analysis

Values in Antonio de La Gándara rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The most saturated colour, #4C3B20, is reserved to 4.9% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 64 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of Antonio de La Gándara's full range of palettes, group 5 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.