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Sebastien Bourdon Palette 2

Penumbral Ash
Penumbral Partial shadow - the transitional zone between light and full dark, soft-edged.
Ash Mid cool-gray - the neutral residue of fire, between white and charcoal.
Sebastien Bourdon Palette 2 - Penumbral Ash

Color Composition

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Colors
#252220
16.10%
#353026
14.50%
#504C39
14.40%
#606B83
13.60%
#7C88A1
10.90%
#B3B5AD
7.70%
#9299A6
6.60%
#777B7E
6.50%
#786F57
5.20%
#D6D5C6
4.50%

Palette Analysis

Values in Sebastien Bourdon rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Sebastien Bourdon tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #7C88A1 delivers the chromatic peak at only 10.9% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The value range spans 62 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. This is palette 2 of Sebastien Bourdon'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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