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Paul Bril Palette 4

Shadowed Sienna
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Paul Bril Palette 4 - Shadowed Sienna

Color Composition

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Colors
#382725
23.50%
#171412
17.80%
#DFD5C8
12.60%
#33230F
8.40%
#6A574C
8.00%
#B4B1B6
7.80%
#A59880
7.20%
#644819
6.90%
#A28C48
4.00%
#4D5E7D
3.80%

Palette Analysis

Paul Bril occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Paul Bril carry the compositional weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #A28C48 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (4.0%). 69 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. This is palette 4 of Paul Bril'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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