Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1903
Echo and Narcissus
Echo and Narcissus (1903) by John William Waterhouse. Its palette is led by dark golden olive (#493f21, 38%) and umber (#746340, 27%), with accents of pale muted golden cream and scarlet. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet #C16942, takes up just 2% of it.
Palette
- #493f21 MG 194 dark golden olive 37.7% of canvas
- #746340 MG 184 umber 27.1% of canvas
- #99845a MG 182 golden umber 17.3% of canvas
- #cba680 MG 028 light scarlet orange 9.6% of canvas
- #fbdfb1 MG 202 pale muted golden cream 6.1% of canvas
- #c16942 MG 024 scarlet 2.3% of canvas
Color families
Brown 75%, Yellow 12%, Orange 4%, White 4%, Green 2%
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Composition
50% of the visual weight is in the left half, 56% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.34 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 2% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 36% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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More by John William Waterhouse
- The Lady of Shalott, 1888
- Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896