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Roger Bissière Master Palette

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.
Roger Bissière Master Palette - Penumbral Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#0B0E0F
32.30%
#282D24
14.90%
#918A6C
8.00%
#92663E
7.70%
#584A2E
7.20%
#CEBE8E
6.60%
#5E5A50
6.40%
#BAB8AB
6.40%
#522E27
5.60%
#C98748
5.00%

Palette Analysis

Values in Roger Bissière rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. Roger Bissière gives 32.3% of the composition to a single #0B0E0F - a decisive chromatic anchor. The most saturated colour, #C98748, is reserved to 5.0% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 64 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. The palette is recognisably Roger Bissière's own: particular in its temperature, chroma, and the economy of its brightest note.

Example use cases

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

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