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Lars Hertervig Palette 3

Tenebrous Ash
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Ash Mid cool-gray - the neutral residue of fire, between white and charcoal.
Lars Hertervig Palette 3 - Tenebrous Ash

Color Composition

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Colors
#181210
18.80%
#26201B
17.50%
#31312D
13.00%
#4E514D
12.60%
#413829
10.30%
#6A6756
8.80%
#B1BBC3
6.00%
#8492A7
4.70%
#988E76
4.50%
#D7C8B0
3.80%

Palette Analysis

Values in Lars Hertervig rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. Only 10.3% is devoted to #413829, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. 65 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. This is palette 3 of Lars Hertervig'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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