Samuel Peploe Palette 3
Soft Ivory
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Ivory Warm creamy white - the color of natural ivory, warmer than pure white.
Palette Analysis
The high-key values of Samuel Peploe give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Samuel Peploe balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The highest-chroma note - #685239 - appears at just 9.8%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. A value spread of 66 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of Samuel Peploe's full range of palettes, group 3 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.
Example use cases
- nonprofit identity
- public libraries
- historical sites
- literary journals
- archival print
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