Frances Hodgkins Palette 6

Palette Analysis

Values in Frances Hodgkins tilt decisively toward white, giving the palette its luminous character. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. 30.2% of the palette belongs to #DBD2C7, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. The highest-chroma note - #B6864E - appears at just 4.7%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 61 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. Frances Hodgkins's palette 6 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.