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James Holland Master Palette

Pale Ecru
Pale High-key and low-chroma - delicate, bleached, washed with light.
Ecru Unbleached linen - warm mid-neutral, slightly grayed, raw and natural.
James Holland Master Palette - Pale Ecru

Color Composition

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Colors
#ECEBEC
18.60%
#573C20
15.40%
#85663D
15.20%
#B29265
10.90%
#D3D1D5
10.20%
#DFC297
8.30%
#2D1F17
8.00%
#B29D8E
6.10%
#8A4720
4.50%
#50949A
2.80%

Palette Analysis

James Holland occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that James Holland deploys as the palette's primary energy. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. #B29265 delivers the chromatic peak at only 10.9% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 69 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The palette is recognisably James Holland's own: particular in its temperature, chroma, and the economy of its brightest note.

Example use cases

  • ceramics & pottery
  • boutique hospitality
  • menswear
  • heritage food brands
  • craft & artisan brands

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