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William Hoare Palette 2

Tenebrous Bister
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Bister Dark warm brown - a traditional ink and wash pigment made from wood soot.
William Hoare Palette 2 - Tenebrous Bister

Color Composition

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Colors
#2D2014
26.10%
#3E2F1D
15.40%
#20150D
14.10%
#56452F
10.80%
#ECCDB0
7.60%
#6E593D
7.30%
#303638
6.10%
#C1A689
6.00%
#937E64
3.70%
#54696F
2.90%

Palette Analysis

William Hoare sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from William Hoare carry the compositional weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #2D2014 claims 26.1% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. The most saturated colour, #56452F, is reserved to 10.8% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 66 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of William Hoare's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.

Example use cases

  • theater design
  • jewelry brands
  • tobacco-adjacent retail
  • event branding
  • film & entertainment

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