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Antonio de La Gándara Palette 6

Penumbral Bister
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Antonio de La Gándara Palette 6 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#0C0A0B
17.30%
#B29E6A
13.60%
#927F4F
13.50%
#41413B
10.40%
#786B43
9.50%
#332B20
9.40%
#4D432C
8.40%
#675632
7.20%
#5D645C
5.80%
#1F1A15
4.90%

Palette Analysis

Antonio de La Gándara keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #4D432C delivers the chromatic peak at only 8.4% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The value range spans 55 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. This is palette 6 of Antonio de La Gándara'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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