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John Greenhill Palette 2

Tenebrous Bister
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
John Greenhill Palette 2 - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#110D08
24.30%
#32230F
18.80%
#4D3716
17.40%
#3E2C0F
12.30%
#422B14
11.30%
#FDFDFC
6.10%
#5E431A
4.50%
#916537
2.20%
#E3A96A
1.60%
#C7864B
1.50%

Palette Analysis

John Greenhill is built on dark foundations, with values clustered toward shadow. Warm hues command this palette; John Greenhill favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. Only 12.3% is devoted to #3E2C0F, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The value range spans 83 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. This tonal restraint is characteristic of the John Greenhill approach: colour serves light, not the reverse. This is palette 2 of John Greenhill's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

  • music labels
  • luxury hospitality
  • editorial photography
  • leather goods
  • premium streaming

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