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Ludovico Carracci Palette 6

Tenebrous Bister
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Ludovico Carracci Palette 6 - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#23261F
28.30%
#1F201F
23.40%
#393121
14.70%
#584122
9.30%
#845B28
8.10%
#B77E2C
4.20%
#283837
4.00%
#B7985D
3.60%
#EAC244
2.40%
#315156
2.00%

Palette Analysis

Ludovico Carracci is built on dark foundations, with values clustered toward shadow. Ludovico Carracci tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. At 28.3%, #23261F functions less as a colour accent and more as a complete atmospheric environment. The most saturated colour, #845B28, is reserved to 8.1% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 59 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. This tonal restraint is characteristic of the Ludovico Carracci approach: colour serves light, not the reverse. Palette 6 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Ludovico Carracci's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

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

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