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Hilma af Klint Palette 3

Muted Vermillion
Muted Deliberately desaturated - chroma pulled toward gray, the restraint of tonal painting.
Vermillion Brilliant red-orange - the classic mercury sulfide pigment, vivid and warm.
Hilma af Klint Palette 3 - Muted Vermillion

Color Composition

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Colors
#AB3E2A
40.10%
#D15A2D
11.90%
#E4D6CD
11.20%
#E2AF52
7.70%
#231E1D
6.20%
#C9ADBC
5.50%
#527EAD
5.00%
#CD8D7B
5.00%
#E8CE9F
4.40%
#4F3A55
2.80%

Palette Analysis

The value structure of Hilma af Klint is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Warmth dominates - the palette of Hilma af Klint leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Colours are neither washed out nor blazing; they occupy the productive middle ground of the chroma scale. 40.1% of the palette belongs to #AB3E2A, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. At 4.4%, #E8CE9F carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 64 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 3 of Hilma af Klint's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

  • publishing
  • corporate identity
  • consumer apps
  • hospitality
  • design agencies

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