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Marc Chagall Palette 12

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.
Marc Chagall Palette 12 - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#0D0705
27.30%
#1F252E
26.80%
#F3D28D
11.30%
#3B4040
9.00%
#462F11
6.80%
#F5A30B
6.20%
#817558
4.10%
#B0925D
3.90%
#AD5A14
2.60%
#03164E
2.10%

Palette Analysis

Marc Chagall sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #0D0705 at 27.3% of the palette: an overwhelming presence that pulls all other colours into its gravitational field. The saturated accent, #AD5A14, registers at 2.6% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. A value spread of 74 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 12 of Marc Chagall'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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