Herbin Color Palette - Yellow & Blue Combination

Color Composition

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Colors

#C9B22F

30.60%

#3F4679

12.10%

#414452

9.20%

#1A1D46

9.10%

#151525

8.30%

#B38C40

8.20%

#F4DB8E

6.90%

#827566

5.70%

#923D30

5.10%

#243592

4.90%

Palette Analysis

Auguste Herbin distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Mid-range chroma keeps the palette grounded - colourful but not strident. #C9B22F at 30.6% of the palette: an overwhelming presence that pulls all other colours into its gravitational field. Only 5.1% is devoted to #923D30, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 70 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 8 of Auguste Herbin's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.