Claude Deruet Palette 2
Shadowed Umber
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Umber Dark earthy brown - raw or burnt umber, a foundational old-master earth pigment.
Palette Analysis
Mid-key values give Claude Deruet its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Warmth dominates - the palette of Claude Deruet leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. Only 6.5% is devoted to #C89163, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. A value spread of 66 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Claude Deruet's complete body of work advances.
Example use cases
- theater design
- jewelry brands
- tobacco-adjacent retail
- event branding
- film & entertainment
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