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Boris Kustodiev Palette 21

Nocturnal Sienna
Nocturnal Night-register palette - very low values, the world after dark.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Boris Kustodiev Palette 21 - Nocturnal Sienna

Color Composition

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Colors
#1A1819
39.50%
#332926
21.40%
#55382D
10.90%
#545345
7.50%
#7F4C35
6.60%
#8F8765
3.40%
#B57B4D
3.00%
#383C52
2.60%
#C4CAB5
2.50%
#7D8394
2.50%

Palette Analysis

Boris Kustodiev is low-key throughout, a quality associated with Nocturnal Sienna - deep shadows dominate the composition. Boris Kustodiev orchestrates warmth above all else - reds, ambers, and siennas take the lead. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. At 39.5%, #1A1819 functions less as a colour accent and more as a complete atmospheric environment. The highest-chroma note - #B57B4D - appears at just 3.0%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The full value range is 62 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This tonal restraint is characteristic of the Boris Kustodiev approach: colour serves light, not the reverse. This is palette 21 of Boris Kustodiev'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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