Indian Modernism · 1937
Bride's Toilet
Bride's Toilet (1937) by Amrita Sher-Gil. Its palette is led by dark reddish brown (#41291e, 27%) and rich scarlet brown (#845731, 22%), with accents of scarlet, light scarlet orange and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers nearly two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #A63A22, takes up just 2% of it.
Palette
- #41291e MG 156 dark reddish brown 26.8% of canvas
- #845731 MG 161 rich scarlet brown 22.3% of canvas
- #1b1612 MG 223 soot 20.6% of canvas
- #694627 MG 168 dark amber brown 17.4% of canvas
- #bd7949 MG 024 scarlet 8.9% of canvas
- #eba366 MG 028 light scarlet orange 2.1% of canvas
- #a63a22 MG 019 scarlet red 1.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 64%, Black 22%, Orange 11%, Red 2%, Yellow 1%
Measurements
Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 52% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.57 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 16% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 32% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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More by Amrita Sher-Gil
- Self-Portrait as Tahitian, 1934
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