Ukiyo-e Palette 30

Palette Analysis

Ukiyo-e sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. A single dominant - #DDD0B9 at 34.9% - sets the character of the whole composition. Only 4.8% is devoted to #BA6550, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The value range spans 61 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.