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Charles Victor Thirion Palette 3

Penumbral Pewter
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Pewter Mid-tone warm gray - the color of pewter alloy, between silver and lead.
Charles Victor Thirion Palette 3 - Penumbral Pewter

Color Composition

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Colors
#13110A
23.90%
#1B1B13
16.00%
#201D11
12.30%
#C4CABB
12.00%
#E8EDDF
11.10%
#A6A895
7.50%
#322E1F
6.70%
#606E61
4.70%
#4E4936
3.90%
#777058
1.80%

Palette Analysis

The value structure of Charles Victor Thirion is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #322E1F, is reserved to 6.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 76 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Charles Victor Thirion's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

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

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