Raimundo de Madrazo Palette 3

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Raimundo de Madrazo its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Raimundo de Madrazo builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #424D33 claims 34.5% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. Only 3.5% is devoted to #D7A3A4, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. A value spread of 61 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 3 of Raimundo de Madrazo's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.