Romanticism · 1796
Fishermen at Sea
Fishermen at Sea (1796) by J. M. W. Turner. Its palette is led by black (#050706, 51%) and charcoal (#1c2321, 28%), with accents of golden olive and light gold. Overall the canvas is dark, muted 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
- #050706 MG 224 black 51.1% of canvas
- #1c2321 MG 222 charcoal 27.7% of canvas
- #4e4e33 MG 194 dark golden olive 7.0% of canvas
- #333a2e MG 177 dark taupe 7.0% of canvas
- #807443 MG 192 golden olive 4.6% of canvas
- #ab9f64 MG 038 light gold 2.6% of canvas
Color families
Black 79%, Brown 13%, Green 4%, Yellow 2%, Gray 2%
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Composition
67% of the visual weight is in the left half, 56% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.35 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 64% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 19% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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