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Guy Rose Palette 1

Soft Vellum
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Vellum Smooth pale tan - the color of prepared calf-skin vellum, warmer than parchment.
Guy Rose Palette 1 - Soft Vellum

Color Composition

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Colors
#CCD1D0
14.60%
#7D786B
14.00%
#A7A29E
11.70%
#93A5B7
11.50%
#4A6270
10.50%
#403A34
10.30%
#DAD7B1
9.80%
#A89A72
7.20%
#ABC5AE
5.50%
#6D81B7
5.00%

Palette Analysis

The high-key values of Guy Rose give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #6D81B7 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (5.0%). At 52 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Guy Rose's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

  • exhibition design
  • foundation branding
  • estate management
  • art education
  • museums & galleries

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