Charles Demuth Palette 4

Palette Analysis

Charles Demuth works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. Charles Demuth gives 32.3% of the composition to a single #E6E0CD - a decisive chromatic anchor. The most saturated colour, #7D2320, is reserved to 5.5% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 65 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. In the context of Charles Demuth's full range of palettes, group 4 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.