Claude-Joseph Vernet Palette 2

Palette Analysis

Values in Claude-Joseph Vernet rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The highest-chroma note - #AE9C79 - appears at just 8.3%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 59 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 2 of Claude-Joseph Vernet's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.