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Sketch And Study Palette 5

Muted Vermillion
Muted Deliberately desaturated - chroma pulled toward gray, the restraint of tonal painting.
Vermillion Brilliant red-orange - the classic mercury sulfide pigment, vivid and warm.
Sketch And Study Palette 5 - Muted Vermillion

Color Composition

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Colors
#CD3E1A
21.70%
#CF5026
15.30%
#F5D2AC
14.60%
#F79A41
14.50%
#BA8757
8.10%
#831E0D
6.70%
#5F3D1D
5.40%
#1C1006
5.30%
#3E0C07
4.90%
#9B4B22
3.40%

Palette Analysis

sketch and study occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Saturation is measured and controlled, giving the palette presence without visual aggression. #CD3E1A is not a small accent - at 21.7% it qualifies as a major presence and gives the palette its chromatic identity. 69 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls.

Example use cases

  • publishing
  • corporate identity
  • consumer apps
  • hospitality
  • design agencies

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