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Jacques de Claeuw Palette 3

Nocturnal Bister
Nocturnal Night-register palette - very low values, the world after dark.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Jacques de Claeuw Palette 3 - Nocturnal Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#292221
32.80%
#3A2E23
20.20%
#5B4630
12.60%
#735C4A
9.30%
#50423B
8.40%
#96836F
5.70%
#442321
4.80%
#D2CABE
2.60%
#9C5E3C
2.00%
#D09A72
1.70%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Jacques de Claeuw its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. 32.8% of the palette belongs to #292221, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. #442321 delivers the chromatic peak at only 4.8% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. 58 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Jacques de Claeuw's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

  • theater design
  • jewelry brands
  • tobacco-adjacent retail
  • event branding
  • film & entertainment

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