Realism · 1883
Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581
Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581 (1883) by Ilya Repin. Its palette is led by bistre (#2d2723, 51%) and dark reddish brown (#4e2d1b, 22%), with accents of pale orange amber. Overall the canvas is dark, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown and black cover more than two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, rich scarlet brown #985E31, takes up 12% of it.
Palette
- #2d2723 MG 219 bistre 51.1% of canvas
- #4e2d1b MG 156 dark reddish brown 22.2% of canvas
- #985e31 MG 161 rich scarlet brown 11.9% of canvas
- #6e361d MG 155 dark reddish brown 11.6% of canvas
- #e8bb82 MG 031 pale orange amber 3.2% of canvas
Color families
Brown 37%, Black 32%, Gray 24%, Orange 4%, Yellow 3%
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Composition
54% of the visual weight is in the left half, 75% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.18 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 53% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 22% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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