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Costumbrismo Palette 2

Silvery Vellum
Silvery Cool metallic sheen - mid-to-high key, desaturated, with a gray-blue cast.
Vellum Smooth pale tan - the color of prepared calf-skin vellum, warmer than parchment.
Costumbrismo Palette 2 - Silvery Vellum

Color Composition

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Colors
#9EB7DB
25.80%
#6E87A5
11.90%
#E5D5A4
11.10%
#8C9AA7
10.90%
#B4C0CD
10.40%
#697779
10.00%
#7B7A5E
7.30%
#393921
5.60%
#624D24
4.30%
#A58445
2.80%

Palette Analysis

Costumbrismo is high-key - luminous, open, and weighted toward light. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The dominant colour, #9EB7DB, takes 25.8% of the total area, establishing the overall mood before any other hue is introduced. The saturated accent, #A58445, registers at 2.8% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. Value range is moderate at 53 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky.

Example use cases

  • design agencies
  • product brands
  • e-commerce
  • editorial sites
  • publishing

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