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Charles Turner Palette 2

Soft Parchment
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Parchment Aged warm neutral - the color of old manuscript parchment, tan and slightly yellowed.
Charles Turner Palette 2 - Soft Parchment

Color Composition

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Colors
#C0B4A6
15.20%
#3A3433
14.50%
#C8C0AE
14.30%
#CBC0B7
14.20%
#39362D
13.40%
#E7E0D6
12.20%
#4D453C
7.00%
#665C4F
3.80%
#897D6D
2.70%
#AA9D8C
2.70%

Palette Analysis

Charles Turner occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. At 12.2%, #E7E0D6 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 58 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Charles Turner's palette 2 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.

Example use cases

  • exhibition design
  • foundation branding
  • estate management
  • art education
  • museums & galleries

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