Jean-André Rixens Palette 4

Palette Analysis

Values in Jean-André Rixens rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. 25.9% of the palette belongs to #212222, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. The most saturated colour, #D9B188, is reserved to 5.2% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The full value range is 63 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. In the context of Jean-André Rixens's full range of palettes, group 4 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.