John Cleveley the Elder Palette 2

Palette Analysis

The high-key values of John Cleveley the Elder give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. John Cleveley the Elder gives 27.9% of the composition to a single #DBE4E2 - a decisive chromatic anchor. The most saturated colour, #85A8B5, is reserved to 2.8% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 60 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that John Cleveley the Elder's complete body of work advances.