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Edward Burne-Jones Palette 9

Penumbral Bister
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Edward Burne-Jones Palette 9 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#54402F
16.10%
#342A26
15.90%
#8A7753
12.30%
#131110
11.40%
#4B4D4A
10.50%
#777062
9.50%
#CABEA3
8.40%
#815036
5.80%
#B88454
5.20%
#D4B573
4.90%

Palette Analysis

The value structure of Edward Burne-Jones is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. #815036 delivers the chromatic peak at only 5.8% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. A value spread of 62 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 9 of Edward Burne-Jones'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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