Hans Baldung Palette 4

Palette Analysis

Values in Hans Baldung rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The saturated accent, #D6C29A, registers at 5.3% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. A value spread of 55 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. This is palette 4 of Hans Baldung's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.