Northern Renaissance · 1480s
Annunciation
Annunciation (1480s) by Hans Memling. Its palette is led by very dark sienna (#281514, 18%) and rich brown (#714328, 17%), with accents of warm grey, very dark rich sienna and pale muted golden cream. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, vivid and warm.
Color reading
Brown and red cover more than two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, dark red #971F0D, takes up 11% of it.
Palette
- #8d7463 MG 174 warm grey 22.5% of canvas
- #281514 MG 146 very dark sienna 18.2% of canvas
- #714328 MG 159 rich brown 16.9% of canvas
- #bfa78f MG 172 oatmeal 15.4% of canvas
- #971f0d MG 020 dark red 11.1% of canvas
- #520e0b MG 149 very dark rich sienna 10.4% of canvas
- #e5d3b5 MG 202 pale muted golden cream 5.4% of canvas
Color families
Brown 58%, Red 12%, Black 12%, Orange 6%, Yellow 6%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.35 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 2% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 34% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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