A train carriage vestibule with a red light leak: color palette
A mid-toned image anchored by soot black (42%), with mist blue as the light (21%) and rail blue as the charge (30%). The clearest relationship is hue: a small amount of flare red, about 7%, set against rail blue from a distant hue family.
Soot black and rail blue, with flare red
- Anchor: Soot black #13221B, 42%. Soot black is the darkest group, about 42% of the image, 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 mist blue, a strong value range that makes the light read bright.
- Energy: Rail blue #1C4E8C, 30%. Rail blue has the highest chroma of the main groups, about 30% of the image, scattered through the image. Only the small Anomaly is more saturated. Its force comes from chroma. At about 30% it holds a broad share of the image, smaller than the Anchor.
- Atmosphere: Mist blue #B0B3E3, 21%. Mist blue is the lightest quiet group, about 21% of the image, along the left side. It still carries muted chroma, so the light reads tinted. It gives the eye relief between the stronger roles.
- Anomaly: Flare red #DF1D20, 7%. Flare red sits 104° of hue from the nearest other role, about 7% of the image, scattered through the image. 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.
Soot black, the Anchor, is the largest group at about 42% of the image.
Against the framework starting point of 55, 20, 20 and 5, this image gives the Anchor 13 points less.
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