José Correia de Lima Palette 1

Palette Analysis

José Correia de Lima distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. José Correia de Lima tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. A single dominant - #0C0C0A at 27.1% - sets the character of the whole composition. #472007 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (4.9%). 76 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 José Correia de Lima's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.