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Charles Caryl Coleman Palette 2

Penumbral Bister
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Charles Caryl Coleman Palette 2 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#1D150C
17.70%
#282211
13.80%
#443922
12.10%
#675D45
11.40%
#CDCCB5
8.60%
#372313
8.20%
#827A65
8.10%
#594927
7.70%
#A09C88
6.70%
#8E734D
5.70%

Palette Analysis

Charles Caryl Coleman occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Charles Caryl Coleman tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The highest-chroma note - #8E734D - appears at just 5.7%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The full value range is 64 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Charles Caryl Coleman's palette 2 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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