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Raphael Kirchner Palette 17

Soft Calico
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Raphael Kirchner Palette 17 - Soft Calico

Color Composition

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Colors
#EFDDBB
33.70%
#D3BD8A
18.40%
#B6B099
10.70%
#787E71
7.20%
#948C59
6.60%
#53503D
6.30%
#A98349
6.00%
#76582C
5.30%
#30261F
3.90%
#CA883A
1.90%

Palette Analysis

Raphael Kirchner is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. 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. Raphael Kirchner gives 33.7% of the composition to a single #EFDDBB - a decisive chromatic anchor. The highest-chroma note - #A98349 - appears at just 6.0%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. At 62 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 17 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Raphael Kirchner's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

  • ceramics & pottery
  • boutique hospitality
  • menswear
  • heritage food brands
  • craft & artisan brands

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