Romanticism · 1800
Dolbadarn Castle
Dolbadarn Castle (1800) by J. M. W. Turner. Its palette is led by very dark olive (#1c1d0f, 22%) and bone (#d4caba, 19%), with accents of oatmeal and golden umber. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Turner was an early, eager user of new pigments, especially chrome yellow, and his late work dissolves scenes into light and color. Some of his materials were unstable, so a number of his paintings have faded or changed.
Palette
- #1c1d0f MG 196 very dark olive 21.9% of canvas
- #d4caba MG 171 bone 18.8% of canvas
- #5a3c1e MG 168 dark amber brown 16.9% of canvas
- #aba095 MG 172 oatmeal 16.0% of canvas
- #8a6e47 MG 183 golden umber 13.9% of canvas
- #402b15 MG 169 dark brown 12.4% of canvas
Color families
Brown 70%, Black 15%, Gray 4%, Green 4%, White 4%
Measurements
Composition
57% of the visual weight is in the left half, 73% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 52% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 28% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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