John Haynes-Williams Palette 2

Palette Analysis

John Haynes-Williams sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The highest-chroma note - #8A382C - appears at just 2.5%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. 59 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. 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 2 of John Haynes-Williams's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.