A turquoise and cream wall with grasses in late sun: color palette
A mid-toned image anchored by night wine (47%), with paper white as the light (17%) and lagoon green as the charge (36%). The clearest relationship is temperature: cool lagoon green against warmer night wine.
Night wine, lagoon green and paper white
- Anchor: Night wine #281012, 47%. Night wine is the darkest group, about 47% of the image, across most of the image. It carries a warm hue, so the shadows read as color. It sits far darker than paper white, a strong value range that makes the light read bright.
- Energy: Lagoon green #3DA6A5, 36%. Lagoon green has the highest chroma in this palette, about 36% of the image, scattered through the image. It is cool against the warmer night wine, so temperature adds to its charge. At about 36% it holds a broad share of the image, smaller than the Anchor.
- Atmosphere: Paper white #FDF0DF, 17%. Paper white is the lightest quiet group, about 17% of the image, in the upper middle. Its chroma is close to neutral, so it reads as light and air. It gives the eye relief between the stronger roles.
Night wine, the Anchor, is the largest group at about 47% of the image.
Against the framework starting point of 55, 20, 20 and 5, this image gives the Energy 16 points more.
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