Hans Holbein the Younger Palette 7

Palette Analysis

Values in Hans Holbein the Younger rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. A restrained, mid-chroma palette: every hue is present and legible, but nothing shouts. #364AA5 is not a small accent - at 35.7% it qualifies as a major presence and gives the palette its chromatic identity. The full value range is 71 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. Together these qualities point to the open-air Impressionist method: recording light rather than local colour. In the context of Hans Holbein the Younger's full range of palettes, group 7 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.