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Charles de Steuben Palette 7

Shadowed Caramel
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Caramel Warm mid-brown - the color of cooked sugar, smooth and amber-toned.
Charles de Steuben Palette 7 - Shadowed Caramel

Color Composition

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Colors
#8D6D45
14.60%
#1E1914
13.50%
#B59056
13.10%
#33252D
10.60%
#A14F1C
9.70%
#412D1C
9.60%
#D6C69E
9.20%
#725945
8.00%
#6E3D1F
6.40%
#D29237
5.30%

Palette Analysis

Charles de Steuben occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Saturation is measured and controlled, giving the palette presence without visual aggression. #6E3D1F functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.4%). A value spread of 61 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Palette 7 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Charles de Steuben's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

  • theater design
  • jewelry brands
  • tobacco-adjacent retail
  • event branding
  • film & entertainment

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