A full moon over a field at dusk, seen from the road: color palette
A dark image anchored by dusk burgundy (65%), with faded rose as the light (14%) and mauve rose as the charge (18%). The roles sit fairly close in value from darkest to lightest, so the palette reads calm and unified.
Dusk burgundy and mauve rose, with dry grass
- Anchor: Dusk burgundy #342022, 65%. Dusk burgundy is the darkest group, about 65% of the image, across most of the image. It carries a warm hue, so the shadows read as color. It sits clearly darker than dry grass, enough separation to hold the lighter colors forward.
- Energy: Mauve rose #A46475, 18%. Mauve rose has the highest chroma of the main groups, about 18% of the image, scattered through the image. Only the small Anomaly is more saturated. It shares the temperature of the rest of the palette, so its force comes from chroma. At about 18% it holds a substantial share of the image, smaller than the Anchor.
- Atmosphere: Faded rose #A57A79, 14%. Faded rose is the lighter quiet group, about 14% of the image, in the upper middle. It still carries muted chroma, so the light reads tinted. At about 14% it is a narrow strip of light.
- Anomaly: Dry grass #C99168, 3%. Dry grass sits 46° of hue from the nearest other role, about 3% of the image, in the lower middle. It meets Iris's Anomaly rule: at least 40° of hue from the other roles, between 2% and 15% of the image. Small and separate in hue, it reads as an accent.
Dusk burgundy, the Anchor, is the largest group at about 65% of the image.
Against the framework starting point of 55, 20, 20 and 5, this image gives the Anchor 10 points more.
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