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Carlos Baca-Flor Palette 1

Tenebrous Bister
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Carlos Baca-Flor Palette 1 - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#3E3C33
21.00%
#2E2B24
18.80%
#1E1C16
12.70%
#392D1F
12.30%
#544D3C
10.70%
#706247
7.00%
#866F47
6.70%
#694B2D
4.30%
#9E6C3F
3.80%
#BC965D
2.80%

Palette Analysis

Carlos Baca-Flor occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Carlos Baca-Flor tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. At 4.3%, #694B2D carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. At 47 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. In the context of Carlos Baca-Flor's full range of palettes, group 1 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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