Philip Wilson Steer Palette 3

Palette Analysis

Philip Wilson Steer works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #C09F95 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (8.1%). 48 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Philip Wilson Steer's complete body of work advances.