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John Boultbee Palette 4

Penumbral Gamboge
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
John Boultbee Palette 4 - Penumbral Gamboge

Color Composition

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Colors
#CAB599
15.60%
#4F4427
13.90%
#E1D3B7
13.90%
#593313
13.10%
#342E1E
10.60%
#221413
7.80%
#AD9471
7.60%
#76623E
6.80%
#361C11
6.30%
#8B5020
4.40%

Palette Analysis

John Boultbee occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. Only 6.3% is devoted to #361C11, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The full value range is 66 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. In the context of John Boultbee's full range of palettes, group 4 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

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

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