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Nikolaos Gyzis Palette 6

Tenebrous Terracotta
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Terracotta Fired clay red-orange - the color of unglazed earthenware pottery.
Nikolaos Gyzis Palette 6 - Tenebrous Terracotta

Color Composition

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Colors
#2C2316
23.50%
#3C2C19
16.90%
#50381D
13.10%
#6A4620
11.50%
#1D1811
10.60%
#895720
8.30%
#D6B385
5.50%
#957142
4.00%
#C27929
4.00%
#C19253
2.60%

Palette Analysis

Nikolaos Gyzis sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm hues command this palette; Nikolaos Gyzis favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #895720 delivers the chromatic peak at only 8.3% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. A value spread of 58 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 6 of Nikolaos Gyzis'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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