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Samuel Scott Palette 5

Penumbral Stone
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Samuel Scott Palette 5 - Penumbral Stone

Color Composition

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Colors
#2D2A1D
13.10%
#474128
12.60%
#3C3C30
12.50%
#39505D
10.80%
#A7AC8A
10.60%
#576F72
10.20%
#A8A471
9.90%
#1D1B15
9.50%
#696E61
6.50%
#6D613E
4.30%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give Samuel Scott its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The highest-chroma note - #39505D - appears at just 10.8%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. Spanning 51 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. 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 5 of Samuel Scott'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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