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Karoly Ferenczy Palette 9

Penumbral Basalt
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Karoly Ferenczy Palette 9 - Penumbral Basalt

Color Composition

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Colors
#144027
15.90%
#38601B
15.10%
#1B5227
12.70%
#154C3E
11.50%
#BECDD5
10.60%
#375D3A
8.90%
#0C2D28
8.90%
#624939
6.60%
#49543B
4.90%
#528022
4.80%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Karoly Ferenczy its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Chroma is moderate: colours carry enough saturation to be read as colour, but the palette stops well short of garish intensity. The saturated accent, #154C3E, registers at 11.5% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. 57 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. In the context of Karoly Ferenczy's full range of palettes, group 9 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

  • legal services
  • corporate identity
  • industrial design
  • professional services
  • fintech

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