Baroque · 1642
Joseph the Carpenter
Joseph the Carpenter (1642) by Georges de La Tour. Its palette is led by blue black (#1c1a15, 52%) and soot (#0f0f0d, 30%), with accents of pale muted golden cream. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.
Color reading
Black covers nearly nine-tenths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, pale muted golden cream #EBD19A, takes up just 2% of it.
Palette
- #1c1a15 MG 221 blue black 52.3% of canvas
- #0f0f0d MG 223 soot 30.0% of canvas
- #39271c MG 156 dark reddish brown 9.9% of canvas
- #593727 MG 155 dark reddish brown 6.0% of canvas
- #ebd19a MG 202 pale muted golden cream 1.8% of canvas
Color families
Black 87%, Brown 12%, Yellow 1%, White 0%, Orange 0%
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Composition
60% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.38 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 67% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 16% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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