David Johnson Palette 3

Palette Analysis

David Johnson occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #2E260E functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (9.2%). A value spread of 74 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. David Johnson's palette 3 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.