Gavin Hamilton Palette 2

Palette Analysis

Values in Gavin Hamilton rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The dominant colour, #19181B, takes 26.7% of the total area, establishing the overall mood before any other hue is introduced. The highest-chroma note - #833726 - appears at just 2.9%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The full value range is 76 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 2 of Gavin Hamilton's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.