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Charles de Steuben Palette 3

Shadowed Bister
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Charles de Steuben Palette 3 - Shadowed Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#211712
21.50%
#342B32
16.70%
#796C56
12.60%
#573322
11.80%
#5E5042
9.30%
#E7C385
7.20%
#965D2E
6.90%
#AD8B59
5.70%
#EEDFBB
4.80%
#C49749
3.60%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Charles de Steuben its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The most saturated colour, #965D2E, is reserved to 6.9% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The full value range is 69 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 3 of Charles de Steuben's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

  • film & entertainment
  • fine dining
  • spirits branding
  • menswear
  • theater design

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