Philip Wilson Steer Master Palette

Palette Analysis

Philip Wilson Steer sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The saturated accent, #B29D6D, registers at 9.6% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The full value range is 62 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. These proportions encode Philip Wilson Steer's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.