Degas Color Palette - Muted Amber & Yellow Combination

Color Composition

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Colors

#6D4521

16.10%

#9E662B

15.90%

#473D22

12.20%

#69603A

10.90%

#302116

10.60%

#CF9640

10.20%

#B59861

8.60%

#7C7A41

7.50%

#AEA089

4.50%

#D1CAB7

3.50%

Palette Analysis

The value structure of Edgar Degas is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Mid-range chroma keeps the palette grounded - colourful but not strident. Only 10.6% is devoted to #302116, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The value range spans 58 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. Together these qualities point to the open-air Impressionist method: recording light rather than local colour. Palette 9 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Edgar Degas's complete body of work advances.