August Malmstrom Palette 2

Palette Analysis

The value structure of August Malmstrom is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #803B1C delivers the chromatic peak at only 2.5% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. A value spread of 64 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that August Malmstrom's complete body of work advances.