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Louis de Caullery Palette 3

Nocturnal Umber
Nocturnal Night-register palette - very low values, the world after dark.
Umber Dark earthy brown - raw or burnt umber, a foundational old-master earth pigment.
Louis de Caullery Palette 3 - Nocturnal Umber

Color Composition

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Colors
#211B18
27.50%
#412C1B
20.70%
#6A4320
13.60%
#635245
8.60%
#9C856C
7.40%
#AE7638
6.70%
#56271B
6.00%
#8C331C
3.30%
#9DABA7
3.20%
#C03A15
3.10%

Palette Analysis

Values in Louis de Caullery rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Louis de Caullery deploys as the palette's primary energy. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. A single dominant - #211B18 at 27.5% - sets the character of the whole composition. At 3.3%, #8C331C carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. Spanning 50 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. In the context of Louis de Caullery's full range of palettes, group 3 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

  • film & entertainment
  • fine dining
  • spirits branding
  • menswear
  • theater design

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