Federico Barocci Palette 1

Palette Analysis

Federico Barocci distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The most saturated colour, #A63B23, is reserved to 4.1% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 59 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. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Federico Barocci's complete body of work advances.