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Gillis van Tilborgh Master Palette

Tenebrous Bister
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Gillis van Tilborgh Master Palette - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#110F0B
19.40%
#34230E
18.10%
#4F3010
17.10%
#221E14
10.30%
#514832
7.50%
#876F4A
6.30%
#BCBAAF
5.80%
#6E736E
5.70%
#8B9A9C
5.00%
#7F451D
4.90%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Gillis van Tilborgh its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Gillis van Tilborgh tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The highest-chroma note - #7F451D - appears at just 4.9%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The full value range is 62 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. The palette is recognisably Gillis van Tilborgh's own: particular in its temperature, chroma, and the economy of its brightest note.

Example use cases

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

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