John Hinton Palette 1

Palette Analysis

Light floods John Hinton; the palette keeps values pale and airy across its range. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. #C0BB9E at 30.3% of the palette: an overwhelming presence that pulls all other colours into its gravitational field. #3E2016 delivers the chromatic peak at only 1.3% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. 72 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 1 of John Hinton's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.