Bocca Baciata

Bocca Baciata (1859) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Its palette is led by reddish brown (#7a4e36, 26%) and charcoal (#2d2825, 26%), with accents of light orange and pale muted golden cream. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown and black cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light orange #B88147, takes up 11% of it.

Palette

#7a4e36 MG 154 reddish brown 26.3% of canvas
#2d2825 MG 222 charcoal 25.7% of canvas
#4a382f MG 177 dark taupe 22.0% of canvas
#b88147 MG 029 light orange 10.8% of canvas
#debb7e MG 031 pale orange amber 10.2% of canvas
#fbe2b3 MG 202 pale muted golden cream 5.1% of canvas

Color families

Brown 53%, Black 19%, Yellow 11%, Orange 7%, White 5%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.47
Contrast: 0.61
Vividness: 0.050
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 181 cells
Hue range: 0.40
Focus: 0.12

Composition

52% of the visual weight is in the left half, 53% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.74 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 17% 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.

Details

Date: 1859
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 32.1 × 27.0 cm
Genre: portrait
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston

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