Charles E. Burchfield Palette 3

Palette Analysis

Values in Charles E. Burchfield rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. Only 7.9% is devoted to #9D7844, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. 58 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. This is palette 3 of Charles E. Burchfield's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.