John Henderson Palette 4

Palette Analysis

Values in John Henderson rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from John Henderson carry the compositional weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The most saturated colour, #A54A3F, is reserved to 5.0% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range of 53 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. In the context of John Henderson's full range of palettes, group 4 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.