David Alfaro Siqueiros Palette 3

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give David Alfaro Siqueiros its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from David Alfaro Siqueiros carry the compositional weight. Chroma is held at a comfortable level - distinct colours, but no single hue is allowed to overwhelm. The most saturated colour, #AC8239, covers 23.0% of the surface: too much to call an accent, too strong to ignore. The value range of 41 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. In the context of David Alfaro Siqueiros's full range of palettes, group 3 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.