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Franz Dietrich Palette 1

Penumbral Bister
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Franz Dietrich Palette 1 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#1B1716
20.00%
#503714
12.80%
#372A1C
11.40%
#75551D
10.70%
#73694B
10.10%
#A29E80
10.00%
#642109
8.30%
#889DC4
6.40%
#E1D5B0
6.40%
#AC8B52
3.80%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Franz Dietrich its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The saturated accent, #E1D5B0, registers at 6.4% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 66 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. In the context of Franz Dietrich's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

  • theater design
  • jewelry brands
  • tobacco-adjacent retail
  • event branding
  • film & entertainment

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