John Russell Palette 4

Palette Analysis

John Russell sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #DFCB9E, is reserved to 11.5% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 69 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. This is palette 4 of John Russell's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.