Zodiaque ("La Plume") color palette
Alphonse Mucha, 1896–97. The five main colors of the print, with their codes and how much of it each one covers.
The five colors
- Straw#BD9A5DRGB 189, 154, 9342%
- Deep khaki#7C6437RGB 124, 100, 5520%
- Linen#D3BC9ARGB 211, 188, 15417%
- Chestnut#653A20RGB 101, 58, 329%
- Brick#903E23RGB 144, 62, 356%
Shares are of the whole print, rounded. Make your own palette from any picture with Image to Palette.
How the colors work
Straw rules this print: it covers 42%, close to half of it.
Its values run from 3 (chestnut) to 8 (linen), on a scale from 0 (black) to 10 (white): a middle range, neither hard nor hazy.
It leans warm: warm colors cover 100%, cool ones under 1%.
The same colors in gray
Each color beside its value, from light to dark. Painters check this to see the print’s structure without its colors.
Linen 8
Straw 7
Deep khaki 4
Brick 4
Chestnut 3
Use this palette
Open the print in Image to Palette to choose more or fewer colors, see the mixing strips, and save the palette for Procreate or Adobe.
