Rafael Tegeo Palette 5

Palette Analysis

The palette of Rafael Tegeo sits in the lower register of the value scale - dense, contained, and weighted. Warm hues command this palette; Rafael Tegeo favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. A single dominant - #16110E at 37.9% - sets the character of the whole composition. #6F4831 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (3.7%). The value range spans 57 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. Together these qualities place Rafael Tegeo firmly in the tonal tradition - concerned with mood and atmosphere rather than chromatic display. This is palette 5 of Rafael Tegeo's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.