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Ludovic Alleaume Palette 4

Somber Tarnished
Somber Subdued and serious - low-key, low-chroma, emotionally weighted toward gravity.
Tarnished Oxidized warm gray-brown - the color of aged metal or dulled gilt.
Ludovic Alleaume Palette 4 - Somber Tarnished

Color Composition

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Colors
#171517
16.50%
#554538
15.50%
#253154
11.80%
#020AAC
11.60%
#668CC7
10.80%
#126DE2
9.70%
#958271
8.90%
#050F72
6.40%
#EBDFD5
6.10%
#A57B37
2.70%

Palette Analysis

Ludovic Alleaume keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. Chroma is moderate: colours carry enough saturation to be read as colour, but the palette stops well short of garish intensity. #050F72 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.4%). 71 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The combination of mid-to-high key, balanced temperature, and elevated chroma is characteristic of Impressionist observation: light broken into its component hues. In the context of Ludovic Alleaume's full range of palettes, group 4 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

  • publishing
  • corporate identity
  • consumer apps
  • hospitality
  • design agencies

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