Post-Impressionism · 1898
Capo di Noli, near Genoa
Capo di Noli, near Genoa (1898) by Paul Signac. Its palette is led by pale muted lime green (#cfd3c6, 14%) and pale muted aqua (#a0c7d0, 13%), with accents of teal azure, dark muted teal, light orange and lime green. Overall the canvas is light, vivid and balanced between warm and cool.
Color reading
Blue, green and brown cover about three-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light orange #CB8F50, takes up 12% of it.
Palette
- #378aad MG 089 teal azure 19.1% of canvas
- #cfd3c6 MG 051 pale muted lime green 14.5% of canvas
- #a0c7d0 MG 079 pale muted aqua 13.2% of canvas
- #1c404f MG 085 dark muted teal 13.1% of canvas
- #cb8f50 MG 029 light orange 12.3% of canvas
- #d3b687 MG 180 pale sand 11.7% of canvas
- #469363 MG 065 lime green 8.4% of canvas
- #e2a8a6 MG 141 pale muted pink 7.8% of canvas
Color families
Blue 38%, Green 11%, Brown 11%, Yellow 10%, Gray 8%
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Composition
62% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.14 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 10% 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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