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Gustav Marx Palette 2

Penumbral Weld
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Weld Clear warm yellow - a traditional dye plant color, clean and slightly golden.
Gustav Marx Palette 2 - Penumbral Weld

Color Composition

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Colors
#39331B
18.60%
#4C431D
16.90%
#635421
14.90%
#221E14
14.60%
#7F6928
11.10%
#696241
5.70%
#978C5C
5.70%
#D7C694
5.20%
#A59841
4.80%
#522D15
2.40%

Palette Analysis

The value structure of Gustav Marx is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The saturated accent, #522D15, registers at 2.4% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. 59 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. 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 Gustav Marx's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

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

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