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Mario Sironi Palette 2

Penumbral Tawny
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Mario Sironi Palette 2 - Penumbral Tawny

Color Composition

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Colors
#181A17
21.40%
#2F2D24
15.90%
#DBCEB8
14.60%
#545445
10.10%
#8C8772
9.40%
#C9A25E
8.50%
#CEB78F
7.80%
#693F28
5.10%
#AA431F
3.60%
#B57A40
3.50%

Palette Analysis

Mario Sironi distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. Only 3.5% is devoted to #B57A40, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. A value spread of 65 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. In the context of Mario Sironi's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

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

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