Philip Wilson Steer Palette 5

Palette Analysis

Philip Wilson Steer sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. Only 5.1% is devoted to #968A61, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The value range of 44 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. In the context of Philip Wilson Steer's full range of palettes, group 5 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.