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Julian Ashton 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.
Julian Ashton Palette 6 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#342F29
29.20%
#746A32
14.00%
#513D2E
13.60%
#514D2A
11.50%
#A48158
9.30%
#794D32
6.80%
#CCBE99
4.80%
#6E5F46
3.90%
#AFB09F
3.70%
#8A7F5A
3.20%

Palette Analysis

Values in Julian Ashton rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Julian Ashton deploys as the palette's primary energy. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. 29.2% of the palette belongs to #342F29, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. The saturated accent, #CCBE99, registers at 4.8% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The value range of 49 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. Palette 6 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Julian Ashton's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

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

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