Simon Vouet Master Palette

Palette Analysis

Simon Vouet distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #A74832, is reserved to 5.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 59 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The palette is recognisably Simon Vouet's own: particular in its temperature, chroma, and the economy of its brightest note.