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Paul Peel Palette 5

Penumbral Tawny
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Paul Peel Palette 5 - Penumbral Tawny

Color Composition

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Colors
#464834
15.20%
#6A6E4E
13.80%
#74532F
12.70%
#2E271B
11.60%
#9C9971
9.50%
#17140F
9.30%
#4E311E
9.00%
#A68055
6.90%
#BBB5A1
6.60%
#E4D7B1
5.60%

Palette Analysis

Paul Peel distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #E4D7B1 delivers the chromatic peak at only 5.6% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. A value spread of 69 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 5 of Paul Peel'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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