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Eleuterio Pagliano Palette 4

Tenebrous Bister
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Eleuterio Pagliano Palette 4 - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#222321
34.70%
#3B2C1E
15.70%
#674B2D
10.90%
#53523E
8.60%
#917D4D
7.10%
#562714
6.80%
#955F34
4.80%
#B9A884
4.50%
#BB9D40
3.70%
#D6CBAE
3.30%

Palette Analysis

Eleuterio Pagliano distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #222321 claims 34.7% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. Only 3.7% is devoted to #BB9D40, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The value range spans 59 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. 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 4 of Eleuterio Pagliano'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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