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John Lewis Krimmel Palette 5

Shadowed Gamboge
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
John Lewis Krimmel Palette 5 - Shadowed Gamboge

Color Composition

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Colors
#251D1A
16.00%
#846540
14.80%
#4D4231
11.90%
#583426
11.60%
#B69963
10.70%
#8C4934
7.90%
#726B53
7.80%
#AB6D3D
6.90%
#DDCEB4
6.60%
#9C9685
5.90%

Palette Analysis

John Lewis Krimmel occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. At 7.9%, #8C4934 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 62 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of John Lewis Krimmel's full range of palettes, group 5 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

  • theater design
  • jewelry brands
  • tobacco-adjacent retail
  • event branding
  • film & entertainment

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