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Chestnut Brown

Shuttle Art Yellow warm

Shuttle Art 98 Chestnut Brown is a deep red alcohol marker in the Yellow family. It sits in the darker value range, making it well-suited for dark roses, deep wine, rich fabric. Warm undertones suit skin work, earth tones, and warm-light scenes.

Yellow family Warm temperature 25% lightness
Dark rosesDeep wineRich fabricShadow redsGothic darks
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Chestnut Brown
Color Family
Yellow
Temperature
Warm
Lightness
25%
Saturation
27%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Computed lighter and darker shades from the displayed swatches. Test them on your paper before blending.

Shadow Side
92
92 Perceptual L36%
Dark Grey
Dark Grey Perceptual L36%
Current Marker
98
Chestnut Brown Perceptual L36%
Highlight Side
CG7
CG7 Perceptual L36%
Dark Grey
Dark Grey Perceptual L38%

Works Well With

Highlights
114
114
+12 lightness
Ultramarine
Ultramarine
+13 lightness
100
Ochre
+14 lightness
95
Burnt Sienna
+15 lightness
Shadows
119
119
-17 lightness
98
98
-19 lightness
Analogous Colors
117
117
15° hue shift
274
274
15° hue shift
270
270
15° hue shift
90
90
15° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

NG212
Bluish Gray
opposite hue
GM75
Indigo
opposite hue
Teal
Teal
opposite hue
D65
Dark Cyan
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 98 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🔧 Underground Bunker
Olive concrete lit by one tungsten leak; the hum underneath you isn't the lights.
Environment
🔴 Boiling Kitchen
Overhead bulb on flushed faces while the kettle screams and nobody moves to lift it.
Emotional
🌕 Blood Moon
Copper moon in a black sky — the night the orbit lines up and the earth interrupts its own shadow.
Celestial
🏙 Tokyo Neon Night
Indigo sky between towers, neon orange kanji, trains running where the stars should be.
Cinematic
🌹 Cemetery Roses
Charcoal headstone, deep red petals already dropping — the moss is the only thing still growing.
Gothic
🎸 Grunge
Olive, charcoal, rust — the flannel you've worn so long it remembers your shape.
Punk
☕ Rich Espresso
Deep warm brown catching copper in the highlight — the shadow goes almost burgundy, not gray.
Skin Tones
✨ Deep Ebony
Very deep cool-warm brown — shadows pull toward indigo, highlights lift to burnished gold.
Skin Tones

Similar Colors in Yellow

22
French Vermilion
pale vivid red
#F8BAA9
23
Orange
pale vivid orange
#FBC6AD
95
Burnt Sienna
dark orange
#8D5440
116
116
deep orange
#663A22
102
102
dark orange
#6F482F
110
110
deep orange
#443023
100
100
dark orange
#75502C
Y145
Flesh
pale vivid orange
#F8C5B0

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