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Dario Villares Barbosa Palette 3

Soft Ecru
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Ecru Unbleached linen - warm mid-neutral, slightly grayed, raw and natural.
Dario Villares Barbosa Palette 3 - Soft Ecru

Color Composition

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Colors
#CEC5BA
25.90%
#BAAA9E
25.60%
#C9954A
12.70%
#A18E6C
10.50%
#4F3F2A
6.50%
#785629
4.90%
#201B13
4.30%
#7391B1
3.60%
#6E7A4B
3.20%
#2D3E54
2.80%

Palette Analysis

The high-key values of Dario Villares Barbosa give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Dario Villares Barbosa deploys as the palette's primary energy. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 25.9%, #CEC5BA functions less as a colour accent and more as a complete atmospheric environment. The highest-chroma note - #2D3E54 - appears at just 2.8%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. A value spread of 60 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 3 of Dario Villares Barbosa's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

  • ceramics & pottery
  • boutique hospitality
  • menswear
  • heritage food brands
  • craft & artisan brands

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