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Japonism Palette 13

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.
Japonism Palette 13 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#231E1F
28.10%
#3D2A1C
17.00%
#3F4136
12.30%
#6D5F46
11.70%
#694627
7.90%
#57656F
5.50%
#AC987F
5.30%
#A89A51
4.20%
#AE7543
4.10%
#D9CEB9
3.90%

Palette Analysis

Japonism distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues deployed as the palette's primary energy. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. At 28.1%, #231E1F functions less as a colour accent and more as a complete atmospheric environment. The most saturated colour, #A89A51, is reserved to 4.2% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 61 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy.

Example use cases

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

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