Cima da Conegliano Palette 1

Palette Analysis

Cima da Conegliano occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. A restrained, mid-chroma palette: every hue is present and legible, but nothing shouts. Only 10.5% is devoted to #8A3C0D, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The value range spans 72 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. 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 1 of Cima da Conegliano's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.