Fauvism & Expressionism · 1916
Female Nude
Female Nude (1916) by Amedeo Modigliani. Its palette is led by pale reddish tan (#e2ad8a, 43%) and muted azure teal (#6b8986, 19%), with accents of dark crimson sienna. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Gray, orange and brown cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, dark crimson sienna #6E3336, takes up 6% of it.
Palette
- #e2ad8a MG 150 pale reddish tan 43.0% of canvas
- #6b8986 MG 081 muted azure teal 18.9% of canvas
- #302c2d MG 211 dark slate 18.7% of canvas
- #58706f MG 216 dark grey 13.7% of canvas
- #6e3336 MG 144 dark crimson sienna 5.7% of canvas
Color families
Gray 26%, Orange 26%, Brown 21%, Blue 18%, Black 4%
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Composition
56% of the visual weight is in the right half, 57% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.06 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 37% 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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