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Nicholas Roerich Palette 9

Veiled Tawny
Veiled Partially obscured light - mid-dark with a hazy, scrim-filtered quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Nicholas Roerich Palette 9 - Veiled Tawny

Color Composition

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Colors
#978E7E
19.70%
#736B56
15.80%
#554B44
13.50%
#C2BBB3
9.70%
#988856
9.10%
#7C7A86
9.00%
#95634B
8.00%
#C7BC96
5.90%
#373340
4.80%
#D9B46E
4.50%

Palette Analysis

Nicholas Roerich keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. At 5.9%, #C7BC96 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The value range of 47 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 9 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Nicholas Roerich's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

  • exhibition design
  • foundation branding
  • estate management
  • art education
  • museums & galleries

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