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Charles-Andre van Loo (Carle van Loo) Palette 9

Nocturnal Bister
Nocturnal Night-register palette - very low values, the world after dark.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Charles-Andre van Loo (Carle van Loo) Palette 9 - Nocturnal Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#2B2220
25.30%
#412E26
18.40%
#181618
17.40%
#5C3629
10.20%
#775032
7.60%
#665046
7.40%
#9B5037
5.50%
#B08257
4.00%
#86817E
2.40%
#DEC291
1.80%

Palette Analysis

Charles-Andre van Loo (Carle van Loo) sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Charles-Andre van Loo (Carle van Loo) carry the compositional weight. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. At 25.3%, #2B2220 functions less as a colour accent and more as a complete atmospheric environment. At 1.8%, #DEC291 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 63 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 9 of Charles-Andre van Loo (Carle van Loo)'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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