Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann Palette 3

Palette Analysis

Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Warm hues command this palette; Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Colours are neither washed out nor blazing; they occupy the productive middle ground of the chroma scale. #471C0F functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (9.1%). 68 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. This is palette 3 of Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.