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David Wilkie Palette 6

Penumbral Tawny
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
David Wilkie Palette 6 - Penumbral Tawny

Color Composition

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Colors
#272338
17.30%
#878468
11.70%
#AD9146
10.70%
#30231B
10.40%
#5E4D36
9.90%
#7C663D
9.60%
#A4996B
9.30%
#46383D
7.60%
#543423
7.10%
#EED97A
6.40%

Palette Analysis

The value structure of David Wilkie is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The highest-chroma note - #543423 - appears at just 7.1%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. 61 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. This is palette 6 of David Wilkie's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

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

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