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Johannes Bosboom Palette 1

Penumbral Tawny
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Johannes Bosboom Palette 1 - Penumbral Tawny

Color Composition

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Colors
#28201A
19.60%
#413C37
11.00%
#B7AD93
10.90%
#3A2717
10.80%
#948C77
10.60%
#666358
10.30%
#D4CBAC
8.80%
#56422D
7.60%
#79664D
6.20%
#9C8660
4.00%

Palette Analysis

Johannes Bosboom sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #D4CBAC, is reserved to 8.8% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 59 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Johannes Bosboom's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

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

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