George Washington Lambert Palette 7

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give George Washington Lambert its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Warmth dominates - the palette of George Washington Lambert leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #160A12 delivers the chromatic peak at only 13.0% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The full value range is 71 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 7 of George Washington Lambert's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.