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Richard Friese Palette 6

Penumbral Bister
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
Richard Friese Palette 6 - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#3B352C
21.20%
#504639
17.20%
#29251F
13.10%
#655138
12.30%
#726756
11.80%
#897552
7.50%
#A8A18C
6.00%
#3C4025
4.20%
#5E6837
3.60%
#8F6539
3.00%

Palette Analysis

Richard Friese sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The saturated accent, #655138, registers at 12.3% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The palette spans 44 value units: a measured range that delivers coherence over drama. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. This is palette 6 of Richard Friese's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

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

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