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Auguste Herbin Palette 7

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.
Auguste Herbin Palette 7 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#21231F
19.70%
#3F4F34
15.60%
#6A6D62
14.40%
#8C8B6D
12.30%
#404048
11.50%
#7C653A
7.50%
#623D2C
6.30%
#C6C09C
5.10%
#A28C36
4.60%
#B04927
2.90%

Palette Analysis

The value structure of Auguste Herbin is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. At 2.9%, #B04927 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. 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. In the context of Auguste Herbin's full range of palettes, group 7 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

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

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