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Portrait Palette 11

Shadowed Caramel
Shadowed Low-key - values weighted toward shadow, the palette of dim interiors and overcast skies.
Caramel Warm mid-brown - the color of cooked sugar, smooth and amber-toned.
Portrait Palette 11 - Shadowed Caramel

Color Composition

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Colors
#553D2C
21.50%
#2C2320
18.90%
#8C603C
11.70%
#B59266
11.10%
#756543
11.00%
#CB964D
6.10%
#786F67
5.70%
#E6D0A5
5.10%
#BBAC9A
4.90%
#9D4D31
4.00%

Palette Analysis

portrait occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm hues command this palette; it favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The highest-chroma note - #9D4D31 - appears at just 4.0%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. At 60 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings.

Example use cases

  • theater design
  • jewelry brands
  • tobacco-adjacent retail
  • event branding
  • film & entertainment

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