Dutch Golden Age · 1624
Laughing Cavalier
Laughing Cavalier (1624) by Frans Hals. Its palette is led by taupe (#585548, 41%) and charcoal (#242423, 29%), with accents of amber brown and pale golden sand. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.
Color reading
Brown and black cover nearly four-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, amber brown #95836C, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #585548 MG 176 taupe 40.8% of canvas
- #242423 MG 222 charcoal 28.7% of canvas
- #413f37 MG 177 dark taupe 17.1% of canvas
- #95836c MG 165 amber brown 7.0% of canvas
- #c5bfa5 MG 189 pale golden sand 6.3% of canvas
Color families
Brown 52%, Black 25%, Gray 22%, Yellow 0%, White 0%
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Composition
50% of the visual weight is in the left half, 53% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.68 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 43% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 23% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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