François Marot Palette 2

Palette Analysis

François Marot keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. At 10.9%, #4C331C carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 72 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that François Marot's complete body of work advances.