Two camellias in bloom among dark leaves, black set aside: color palette
A mid-toned image anchored by dark umber (38%), with pale apricot as the light (16%) and alpine green as the charge (39%). The clearest relationship is value: dark umber sits far darker than pale apricot, so the light reads bright.
Alpine green, dark umber and pale apricot
Black covers 13% of this image. The shares below describe the colors only.
- Anchor: Dark umber #291916, 38%. Dark umber is the darkest group, about 38% of the colors, scattered through the image. It sits close to neutral, so the hue in this palette comes from the lighter roles. It sits far darker than pale apricot, a strong value range that makes the light read bright.
- Energy: Alpine green #807E42, 39%. Alpine green has the highest chroma of the main groups, about 39% of the colors, scattered through the image. Only the second hue is more saturated. It shares the temperature of the rest of the palette, so its force comes from chroma. At about 39% it covers as much of the colors as the Anchor or more, so it reads as a major color as well as the charge.
- Atmosphere: Pale apricot #EFCEB0, 16%. Pale apricot is the lightest quiet group, about 16% of the colors, near the center. It still carries muted chroma, so the light reads tinted. It gives the eye relief between the stronger roles.
- Anomaly: Burnt orange #CA4A3A, 7%. Burnt orange is a second strong hue, 41° from the nearest other role, about 7% of the colors, in the upper middle. Too large to be a small accent, it takes the fourth role so no major color is left out.
Alpine green, the Energy, is the largest group at about 39% of the colors.
Against the framework starting point of 55, 20, 20 and 5, the colors give the Energy 19 points more.
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