Francisco Bayeu y Subias Palette 1

Palette Analysis

Values in Francisco Bayeu y Subias rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Chroma is held at a comfortable level - distinct colours, but no single hue is allowed to overwhelm. The highest-chroma note - #F0BC62 - appears at just 9.1%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. A value spread of 62 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 1 of Francisco Bayeu y Subias's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.