Michelangelo Cerquozzi Palette 4

Palette Analysis

Michelangelo Cerquozzi sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #2C2117 at 4.7% is both the most chromatic and one of the largest colours in the palette - chroma as mass rather than as highlight. At 45 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. In the context of Michelangelo Cerquozzi's full range of palettes, group 4 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.