Mannerism · 1518
Joseph with Jacob in Egypt
Joseph with Jacob in Egypt (1518) by Pontormo. Its palette is led by dark taupe (#4e3530, 27%) and stone (#6e5c50, 18%), with accents of light tan, muted azure blue, red and parchment. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, red #984632, takes up 6% of it.
Palette
- #4e3530 MG 177 dark taupe 27.0% of canvas
- #6e5c50 MG 175 stone 17.7% of canvas
- #89735f MG 166 amber brown 16.0% of canvas
- #b09e87 MG 164 light tan 13.1% of canvas
- #271d19 MG 219 bistre 10.8% of canvas
- #7e8199 MG 095 muted azure blue 7.4% of canvas
- #984632 MG 018 red 5.7% of canvas
- #e7dbd1 MG 201 parchment 2.4% of canvas
Color families
Brown 68%, Gray 11%, Black 8%, Blue 5%, Red 4%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 51% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.41 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 10% 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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