Impressionism · 1876
Flooding at Port-Marly
Flooding at Port-Marly (1876) by Alfred Sisley. Its palette is led by oatmeal (#acaa9b, 50%) and putty (#97907c, 26%), with accents of pale muted golden cream and graphite. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about three-quarters of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, pale muted golden cream #DED0B6, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #acaa9b MG 172 oatmeal 50.3% of canvas
- #97907c MG 173 putty 25.8% of canvas
- #696352 MG 175 stone 13.2% of canvas
- #ded0b6 MG 202 pale muted golden cream 8.9% of canvas
- #3e3e37 MG 218 graphite 1.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 76%, Gray 14%, Green 6%, White 2%, Yellow 1%
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Composition
56% of the visual weight is in the left half, 64% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.22 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 50% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 26% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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