Interior

Edgar Degas 1834–1917

Interior (1868) by Edgar Degas. Its palette is led by dark reddish brown (#3f261a, 56%) and dark golden umber (#624c28, 26%), with accents of light orange amber. Overall the canvas is dark, moderately saturated and warm.

Color note

Degas worked more and more in pastel, building up layers of pure color and fixing each coat; many of his dancers are pastels, not oils.

Palette

#3f261a MG 156 dark reddish brown 56.2% of canvas
#624c28 MG 185 dark golden umber 25.7% of canvas
#6c331c MG 160 dark rich brown 9.2% of canvas
#866233 MG 178 rich orange ochre 6.7% of canvas
#d2a674 MG 032 light orange amber 2.2% of canvas

Color families

Brown 72%, Black 25%, Yellow 2%, Orange 1%, White 0%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.35
Contrast: 0.30
Vividness: 0.043
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 64 cells
Hue range: 0.37
Focus: 0.11

Composition

55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 61% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.37 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 61% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 25% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1868
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 81.3 × 114.3 cm
Genre: genre art
Made in: France
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

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