Clarke Color Palette - Palette Inspiration

Color Composition

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Colors

#39232D

27.10%

#624C4E

17.60%

#F1E5D3

16.50%

#C1B1A6

11.80%

#927D78

11.80%

#CDB57C

3.50%

#596D44

3.50%

#C67556

3.50%

#CC4F2D

2.40%

#DDD06E

2.40%

Palette Analysis

Harry Clarke occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm hues command this palette; Harry Clarke favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. A single dominant - #39232D at 27.1% - sets the character of the whole composition. The highest-chroma note - #DDD06E - appears at just 2.4%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The value range spans 64 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. This is the light Harry Clarke preferred, made measurable.