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Jean-André Rixens Palette 6

Tenebrous Bister
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Jean-André Rixens Palette 6 - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#2E2619
19.50%
#443E2D
13.20%
#1D1612
13.00%
#402D28
12.80%
#543C28
12.40%
#8B6B3B
11.80%
#775933
7.00%
#75472F
4.70%
#AD8855
3.40%
#6E6648
2.10%

Palette Analysis

Jean-André Rixens keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. #75472F delivers the chromatic peak at only 4.7% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. Value range is moderate at 44 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity. Palette 6 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Jean-André Rixens's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

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

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