Palettes

Limited palettes, mapped

Every limited palette is a territory: a definite set of colours its tubes can physically mix. These pages draw each territory with pigment physics: what is inside, what is out of reach (with the ΔE stated), and the single tube that extends each border furthest.

Zorn

4 tubes, 6.9% of the wheel at mid value

Split-primary

7 tubes, 27.1% of the wheel at mid value

Earth

7 tubes, 5.3% of the wheel at mid value

Impressionist (no black)

6 tubes, 32.4% of the wheel at mid value

Computed with the same Kubelka–Munk engine the app runs, from generic single-pigment tubes; each palette page shows all three values and the full analysis.

The map for your own rack

These four are the classics. Your palette is the one that matters, and Halftint computes its gamut from the tubes you own.

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