Jacob Jansz van Velsen Palette 2

Palette Analysis

Jacob Jansz van Velsen sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #A88F5D, is reserved to 3.4% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range of 52 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. In the context of Jacob Jansz van Velsen's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.