Rococo · 1754
La Naissance de Vénus
La Naissance de Vénus (1754) by François Boucher. Its palette is led by stone (#666952, 38%) and muted lime green (#848a78, 23%), with accents of dark reddish brown and dark brown. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers more than two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, dark reddish brown #67422A, takes up 11% of it.
Palette
- #666952 MG 175 stone 38.0% of canvas
- #848a78 MG 056 muted lime green 23.5% of canvas
- #bea985 MG 181 light sand 13.0% of canvas
- #a7916d MG 182 golden umber 11.7% of canvas
- #67422a MG 155 dark reddish brown 11.2% of canvas
- #3c2513 MG 169 dark brown 2.6% of canvas
Color families
Brown 70%, Gray 15%, Green 8%, Yellow 5%, Orange 2%
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Composition
55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 59% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.54 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 24% 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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