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William Merritt Chase Palette 3

Soft Apricot
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Apricot Soft warm orange - peach-adjacent, the color of ripe stone fruit.
William Merritt Chase Palette 3 - Soft Apricot

Color Composition

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Colors
#C29D74
20.80%
#D1BC9A
17.90%
#9B8364
14.20%
#B5A9A1
11.50%
#9D6E36
9.10%
#DEDBC4
6.80%
#5F4828
6.20%
#BCBB73
5.60%
#72746B
4.60%
#342728
3.40%

Palette Analysis

William Merritt Chase is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from William Merritt Chase carry the compositional weight. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. #BCBB73 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (5.6%). The full value range is 60 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 3 of William Merritt Chase'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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