← Back to Carl Bloch Palettes

Carl Bloch Palette 9

Shadowed Rust
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Rust Oxidized red-brown - the color of iron corrosion, warm and earthy-red.
Carl Bloch Palette 9 - Shadowed Rust

Color Composition

✦ Edit in generator
Colors
#99611C
21.70%
#825A1B
17.00%
#A06C23
14.50%
#2D2218
13.10%
#8A551D
11.90%
#48331C
6.00%
#5D2714
4.80%
#8F3B19
4.60%
#68431B
4.40%
#D7A04E
2.00%

Palette Analysis

Carl Bloch occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Carl Bloch carry the compositional weight. Saturation is measured and controlled, giving the palette presence without visual aggression. The most saturated colour, #8F3B19, is reserved to 4.6% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 48 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. Palette 9 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Carl Bloch's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

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

I Love This!

Use This Palette
Copy, export, or download for your project
Copy:
Download:
Share: