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Mary Beale Palette 3

Tenebrous Sienna
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Mary Beale Palette 3 - Tenebrous Sienna

Color Composition

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Colors
#111010
37.20%
#24221F
20.00%
#C1AB88
7.80%
#3B2F21
7.20%
#504D4A
6.30%
#604C31
5.30%
#DCD0B7
4.80%
#83745F
4.30%
#9C7854
3.50%
#938D88
3.50%

Palette Analysis

Values in Mary Beale rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Mary Beale deploys as the palette's primary energy. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #111010 at 37.2% of the palette: an overwhelming presence that pulls all other colours into its gravitational field. The saturated accent, #9C7854, registers at 3.5% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. At 69 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. Mary Beale's palette 3 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.

Example use cases

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

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