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Chaim Soutine Palette 10

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.
Chaim Soutine Palette 10 - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#282625
30.00%
#444839
21.40%
#3C2823
13.80%
#756F4B
8.10%
#6D6F6C
7.20%
#6B422C
5.60%
#B4A992
4.90%
#A07847
4.40%
#A24121
2.30%
#C4A65F
2.30%

Palette Analysis

Chaim Soutine distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Chaim Soutine keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #282625 at 30.0% of the palette: an overwhelming presence that pulls all other colours into its gravitational field. The highest-chroma note - #A24121 - appears at just 2.3%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. 47 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. Chaim Soutine's palette 10 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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