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William Collins Palette 5

Soft Ecru
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Ecru Unbleached linen - warm mid-neutral, slightly grayed, raw and natural.
William Collins Palette 5 - Soft Ecru

Color Composition

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Colors
#D7D3B3
19.40%
#BEAC8C
15.30%
#BDBCA1
14.30%
#83765C
11.20%
#9E8F6F
10.90%
#5D4921
8.10%
#3D2E11
6.60%
#79612E
6.30%
#9D824C
5.00%
#191508
2.90%

Palette Analysis

The high-key values of William Collins give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. William Collins builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The most saturated colour, #5D4921, is reserved to 8.1% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 66 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 5 of William Collins's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.

Example use cases

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

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