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Matthias Stom Palette 5

Shadowed Umber
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Umber Dark earthy brown - raw or burnt umber, a foundational old-master earth pigment.
Matthias Stom Palette 5 - Shadowed Umber

Color Composition

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Colors
#282523
19.20%
#2B1E14
14.50%
#422715
10.20%
#493D2F
9.80%
#56391D
9.10%
#9B7346
8.50%
#7B4926
8.00%
#C3AB7C
7.80%
#75654A
7.20%
#BD8F54
5.70%

Palette Analysis

Matthias Stom distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. Only 9.1% is devoted to #56391D, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. Value range is moderate at 50 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity. This is palette 5 of Matthias Stom'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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