Rococo · 1740s
Brown Odalisque
Brown Odalisque (1740s) by François Boucher. Its palette is led by dark slate (#2c3949, 30%) and iron (#50504c, 23%), with accents of light tan, muted azure blue, red and pale muted cream. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and balanced between warm and cool.
Color reading
Gray and brown cover about three-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, red #8E4D3C, takes up just 4% of it.
Palette
- #2c3949 MG 211 dark slate 29.6% of canvas
- #50504c MG 217 iron 23.4% of canvas
- #888179 MG 174 warm grey 12.2% of canvas
- #19171b MG 221 blue black 12.0% of canvas
- #bca290 MG 164 light tan 7.2% of canvas
- #596f85 MG 096 muted azure blue 7.2% of canvas
- #8e4d3c MG 018 red 4.4% of canvas
- #e4c8b6 MG 199 pale muted cream 3.9% of canvas
Color families
Gray 36%, Brown 25%, Blue 18%, Black 15%, Red 3%
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Composition
57% of the visual weight is in the left half, 56% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.37 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 22% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 31% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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