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John White Alexander Palette 6

Penumbral Bister
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
John White Alexander Palette 6 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#3A3224
17.00%
#7C7A5D
16.10%
#46402C
15.50%
#211F19
14.60%
#5C553C
9.30%
#72542F
6.40%
#543822
5.90%
#566235
5.80%
#2F4828
5.30%
#A89969
4.10%

Palette Analysis

John White Alexander occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. John White Alexander builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The saturated accent, #566235, registers at 5.8% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The value range of 44 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. John White Alexander's palette 6 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.

Example use cases

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

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