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Nils Forsberg Palette 1

Muted Vermillion
Muted Deliberately desaturated - chroma pulled toward gray, the restraint of tonal painting.
Vermillion Brilliant red-orange - the classic mercury sulfide pigment, vivid and warm.
Nils Forsberg Palette 1 - Muted Vermillion

Color Composition

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Colors
#C67031
16.70%
#E3A561
13.70%
#EA9358
10.70%
#6F310E
9.70%
#A44E19
9.50%
#F3BE87
9.20%
#FDDDB3
8.50%
#1C0F06
8.50%
#401B0A
7.10%
#9A6738
6.40%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Nils Forsberg its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. Rather than a studied accent, #FDDDB3 takes 8.5% - a bold allocation that saturates the composition's atmosphere. A value spread of 73 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Nils Forsberg's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

  • publishing
  • corporate identity
  • consumer apps
  • hospitality
  • design agencies

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