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William Shayer Palette 5

Veiled Tawny
Veiled Partially obscured light - mid-dark with a hazy, scrim-filtered quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
William Shayer Palette 5 - Veiled Tawny

Color Composition

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Colors
#EFEAD2
19.90%
#D9E3E8
14.90%
#20191B
12.90%
#4B3633
12.30%
#6C5038
9.30%
#9D7A53
7.90%
#636353
6.30%
#B9A579
6.10%
#A7A69E
5.90%
#8E4E28
4.50%

Palette Analysis

Mid-key values give William Shayer its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The saturated accent, #8E4E28, registers at 4.5% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The full value range is 71 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 5 of William Shayer'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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