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Thomas Cole Palette 2

Pale Parchment
Pale High-key and low-chroma - delicate, bleached, washed with light.
Parchment Aged warm neutral - the color of old manuscript parchment, tan and slightly yellowed.
Thomas Cole Palette 2 - Pale Parchment

Color Composition

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Colors
#D0C4D7
19.90%
#DDD1CF
15.30%
#433326
13.70%
#CAA98B
10.70%
#261D1E
9.20%
#A47E5F
8.90%
#B3B5DE
6.90%
#705B3D
6.40%
#6F463B
5.00%
#C29C5D
4.00%

Palette Analysis

Thomas Cole 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. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 4.0%, #C29C5D carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 63 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Thomas Cole's complete body of work advances.

Example use cases

  • ceramics & pottery
  • boutique hospitality
  • menswear
  • heritage food brands
  • craft & artisan brands

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