John Ballantyne Palette 2

Palette Analysis

John Ballantyne 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. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The most saturated colour, #AF8060, is reserved to 4.2% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 67 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. In the context of John Ballantyne's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.