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Cloudscape Palette 21

Penumbral Bister
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Cloudscape Palette 21 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#595549
19.80%
#513E2F
15.60%
#44403D
13.80%
#322D27
12.30%
#7B6C51
11.50%
#6E5138
9.30%
#A79168
7.20%
#DACDA6
4.80%
#787877
3.80%
#C1744E
1.90%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give cloudscape its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The most saturated colour, #DACDA6, is reserved to 4.8% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 55 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy.

Example use cases

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

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