Dutch Golden Age · 1665
A Wooded Marsh
A Wooded Marsh (1665) by Jacob van Ruisdael. Its palette is led by soot (#161317, 30%) and charcoal (#2d2321, 25%), with accents of taupe, pewter and ivory. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and balanced between warm and cool.
Color reading
Black and brown cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light indigo blue #98ADDE, takes up 6% of it.
Palette
- #161317 MG 223 soot 29.5% of canvas
- #2d2321 MG 222 charcoal 24.9% of canvas
- #554937 MG 176 taupe 19.0% of canvas
- #b5bdca MG 207 pale slate 9.6% of canvas
- #94928f MG 214 pewter 6.8% of canvas
- #98adde MG 101 light indigo blue 5.9% of canvas
- #ede9e7 MG 200 ivory 4.3% of canvas
Color families
Black 44%, Brown 30%, Gray 13%, Blue 8%, White 4%
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Composition
59% of the visual weight is in the left half, 71% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.33 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 11% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 33% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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