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Paul Klee Palette 11

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.
Paul Klee Palette 11 - Muted Vermillion

Color Composition

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Colors
#271412
23.20%
#F4C008
17.50%
#F54707
14.10%
#893C11
13.70%
#E1A70E
11.30%
#EFF4F3
8.90%
#542816
5.60%
#976D24
2.30%
#C34215
1.90%
#908284
1.70%

Palette Analysis

Paul Klee keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Paul Klee carry the compositional weight. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. The highest-chroma note - #C34215 - appears at just 1.9%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. A value spread of 74 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 11 of Paul Klee'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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