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Illustration Palette 2

Gleaming Cream
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Cream Warm white - slightly yellowed, rich, the color of heavy dairy.
Illustration Palette 2 - Gleaming Cream

Color Composition

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Colors
#F8F4DF
30.70%
#E7DBC6
16.80%
#D2C5B8
16.40%
#E0D3AC
12.70%
#9E947F
6.60%
#322C2D
5.20%
#5D5C52
4.20%
#C9B56E
3.20%
#876547
2.50%
#BB4637
1.60%

Palette Analysis

The high-key values of illustration give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The dominant colour, #F8F4DF, takes 30.7% of the total area, establishing the overall mood before any other hue is introduced. The saturated accent, #C9B56E, registers at 3.2% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. 66 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source.

Example use cases

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

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