Chaim Soutine Palette 9

Palette Analysis

Chaim Soutine sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. A single dominant - #1C1A1F at 35.4% - sets the character of the whole composition. The highest-chroma note - #C2994E - appears at just 2.3%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. 54 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 9 of Chaim Soutine's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.