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Charles Courtney Curran Palette 4

Tenebrous Sienna
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Charles Courtney Curran Palette 4 - Tenebrous Sienna

Color Composition

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Colors
#181917
36.50%
#2F2E25
19.60%
#493B27
11.90%
#5E5B50
8.50%
#6A5B38
6.80%
#8D8D68
4.60%
#889194
4.20%
#C0CAC2
4.10%
#A36C34
2.60%
#DFC042
1.10%

Palette Analysis

Charles Courtney Curran sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. 36.5% of the palette belongs to #181917, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. #A36C34 delivers the chromatic peak at only 2.6% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The value range spans 62 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. In the context of Charles Courtney Curran's full range of palettes, group 4 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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