John Cleveley the Elder Palette 4

Palette Analysis

John Cleveley the Elder is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The highest-chroma note - #724E22 - appears at just 2.3%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The value range of 52 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. This is palette 4 of John Cleveley the Elder's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.