A snow-patched summit under storm clouds: color palette
A mid-toned image anchored by deep umber (41%), with warm ash as the light (24%) and denim blue as the charge (25%). The clearest relationship is temperature: cool denim blue against warmer deep umber.
Deep umber, denim blue and warm ash
- Anchor: Deep umber #3D2526, 41%. Deep umber is the darkest group, about 41% of the image, in the lower middle. It carries a warm hue, so the shadows read as color. It sits clearly darker than warm ash, enough separation to hold the lighter colors forward.
- Energy: Denim blue #475787, 25%. Denim blue has the highest chroma of the main groups, about 25% of the image, in a band through the upper third. Only the second hue is more saturated. It is cool against the warmer deep umber, so temperature adds to its charge. At about 25% it holds a substantial share of the image, smaller than the Anchor.
- Atmosphere: Warm ash #999198, 24%. Warm ash is the lightest quiet group, about 24% of the image, near the center. Its chroma is close to neutral, so it reads as light and air. It gives the eye relief between the stronger roles.
- Anomaly: Dry scrub #91583A, 10%. Dry scrub is a second strong hue, 131° from the nearest other role, about 10% of the image, in a band across the middle. Too large to be a small accent, it takes the fourth role so no major color is left out.
Deep umber, the Anchor, is the largest group at about 41% of the image.
Against the framework starting point of 55, 20, 20 and 5, this image gives the Anchor 14 points less.
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