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Berthold Woltze Palette 2

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.
Berthold Woltze Palette 2 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#0E210E
24.40%
#282912
12.90%
#A8A074
10.70%
#49401D
10.30%
#CCC6A3
9.80%
#2C3D28
9.50%
#5D613D
6.60%
#759082
5.70%
#80713C
5.30%
#713D21
4.70%

Palette Analysis

Berthold Woltze occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Berthold Woltze tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #713D21, is reserved to 4.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 59 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Berthold Woltze's palette 2 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.

Example use cases

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

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