Dutch Golden Age · 1626
Gipsy Girl
Gipsy Girl (1626) by Frans Hals. Its palette is led by dark golden umber (#494239, 41%) and warm grey (#8d8061, 23%), with accents of charcoal. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, pale orange amber #E1C49C, takes up 11% of it.
Palette
- #494239 MG 185 dark golden umber 41.5% of canvas
- #8d8061 MG 174 warm grey 22.9% of canvas
- #c3aa84 MG 181 light sand 13.9% of canvas
- #e1c49c MG 031 pale orange amber 11.3% of canvas
- #262320 MG 222 charcoal 10.5% of canvas
Color families
Brown 75%, Black 7%, Gray 7%, Yellow 7%, White 3%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 64% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.24 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 40% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 27% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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