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Jan Damel Palette 1

Penumbral Bister
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Jan Damel Palette 1 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#4B493A
21.40%
#171608
13.90%
#252B17
13.70%
#27200B
11.20%
#94896B
10.90%
#74705B
8.40%
#AEA889
6.00%
#685227
5.70%
#423213
4.90%
#B58857
3.90%

Palette Analysis

Jan Damel occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Jan Damel tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. At 4.9%, #423213 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The value range of 53 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. In the context of Jan Damel's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

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

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