Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1865
Jason
Jason (1865) by Gustave Moreau. Its palette is led by very dark brown (#211910, 25%) and dark taupe (#423622, 18%), with accents of gold and dark grey. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown and black cover more than four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, gold #8E7C49, takes up 17% of it.
Palette
- #211910 MG 170 very dark brown 25.2% of canvas
- #423622 MG 177 dark taupe 18.5% of canvas
- #d1c79f MG 189 pale golden sand 18.0% of canvas
- #8e7c49 MG 039 gold 16.6% of canvas
- #594926 MG 185 dark golden umber 15.0% of canvas
- #656966 MG 216 dark grey 6.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 59%, Black 23%, Yellow 9%, Gray 4%, White 4%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 50% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.59 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 12% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 33% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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