Charles Meryon Palette 1

Palette Analysis

Charles Meryon sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Charles Meryon builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The highest-chroma note - #77613C - appears at just 7.6%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. Spanning 46 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. Charles Meryon's palette 1 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.