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Lucas van Valckenborch Palette 3

Nocturnal Bister
Nocturnal Night-register palette - very low values, the world after dark.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Lucas van Valckenborch Palette 3 - Nocturnal Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#26170F
26.40%
#341E12
21.20%
#140C09
20.70%
#FFFFFE
11.10%
#452613
8.70%
#CEC5BA
2.90%
#5B4E45
2.80%
#623E23
2.80%
#928578
2.30%
#A56E42
1.10%

Palette Analysis

Lucas van Valckenborch sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Lucas van Valckenborch carry the compositional weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. 26.4% of the palette belongs to #26170F, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. #623E23 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (2.8%). The full value range is 84 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 3 of Lucas van Valckenborch'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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