Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1913
Dynamism of a Cyclist
Dynamism of a Cyclist (1913) by Umberto Boccioni. Its palette is led by light sand (#b8a777, 17%) and bone (#c9c0ae, 10%), with accents of indigo blue, muted azure blue, charcoal and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown, blue and gray cover more than three-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #B44733, takes up 7% of it.
Palette
- #546794 MG 104 indigo blue 19.9% of canvas
- #8c8fa2 MG 095 muted azure blue 18.4% of canvas
- #b8a777 MG 181 light sand 17.2% of canvas
- #232a2c MG 222 charcoal 15.4% of canvas
- #c9c0ae MG 171 bone 10.0% of canvas
- #cda644 MG 037 light amber gold 7.3% of canvas
- #b44733 MG 019 scarlet red 6.9% of canvas
- #d1be79 MG 036 pale gold 4.9% of canvas
Color families
Brown 25%, Blue 19%, Gray 19%, Yellow 18%, Green 8%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.77 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 2% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 38% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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