Thomas Eakins Palette 2

Palette Analysis

The high-key values of Thomas Eakins give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. At 5.2%, #7D5725 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 74 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. 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 2 of Thomas Eakins's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.