Kim Hong-do Palette 1

Palette Analysis

Kim Hong-do is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The saturated accent, #AD9468, registers at 3.7% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. 63 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. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Kim Hong-do's complete body of work advances.