Felix Vallotton Palette 10

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Felix Vallotton its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The most saturated colour, #39291E, is reserved to 7.0% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range of 53 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. In the context of Felix Vallotton's full range of palettes, group 10 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.