William Banks Fortescue Palette 3

Palette Analysis

William Banks Fortescue sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. William Banks Fortescue builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #644627, is reserved to 4.6% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 45 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. In the context of William Banks Fortescue's full range of palettes, group 3 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.