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Samuel Peploe Palette 17

Nocturnal Sienna
Nocturnal Night-register palette - very low values, the world after dark.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Samuel Peploe Palette 17 - Nocturnal Sienna

Color Composition

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Colors
#1A151A
22.50%
#342E30
22.10%
#221D12
11.70%
#594F48
11.40%
#3E3422
11.10%
#695E3E
5.50%
#CAB2C2
5.20%
#A0847A
4.70%
#D28960
2.80%
#F0DDCA
2.80%

Palette Analysis

Samuel Peploe sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warmth dominates - the palette of Samuel Peploe leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #3E3422 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (11.1%). From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 71 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. This is palette 17 of Samuel Peploe'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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