Felix Vallotton Palette 9

Palette Analysis

Felix Vallotton sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warmth dominates - the palette of Felix Vallotton leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. Felix Vallotton gives 31.5% of the composition to a single #181315 - a decisive chromatic anchor. The most saturated colour, #956E42, is reserved to 6.8% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 62 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. Palette 9 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Felix Vallotton's complete body of work advances.