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Konstantin Cretius Palette 3

Penumbral Tawny
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Konstantin Cretius Palette 3 - Penumbral Tawny

Color Composition

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Colors
#7D7154
23.40%
#363330
23.40%
#6D6651
13.50%
#C2A675
9.30%
#5B5544
8.50%
#9D835C
6.20%
#4C3F33
5.90%
#CA8A52
4.20%
#C54931
2.80%
#864E36
2.70%

Palette Analysis

Konstantin Cretius distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #CA8A52 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (4.2%). Value range is moderate at 42 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 3 of Konstantin Cretius's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

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

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