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SREF codes

Ocherless SurrealismTested!

Ocherless Surrealism style, Midjourney V8.2, render 1 of 4
Ocherless Surrealism style, Midjourney V8.2, render 2 of 4
Ocherless Surrealism style, Midjourney V8.2, render 3 of 4
Ocherless Surrealism style, Midjourney V8.2, render 4 of 4

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Observations

Across all four renders, the style uses spare black linework and flat black shapes on a warm cream ground, with large areas of negative space and carefully isolated figures or objects. The scenes combine ordinary details with impossible juxtapositions⁠—framed oceans, animal-like shadows, oversized celestial forms, and remote architecture⁠—creating a quiet surreal narrative in a restrained graphic language.

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Colours

Earlier versions

Same code, different picture. Midjourney changed how it reads SREF codes after V6.1, so V8.2 turns this code into a new style. The old one still works: add  or .

Applications

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