Impressionism · 1878
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878) by Mary Cassatt. Its palette is led by muted teal (#257079, 37%) and taupe (#4e4e43, 21%), with accents of dark muted teal, light sand and blue black. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and cool.
Color reading
Blue and brown cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, muted azure teal #4C99A2, takes up 17% of it.
Palette
- #257079 MG 083 muted teal 36.8% of canvas
- #4e4e43 MG 176 taupe 20.9% of canvas
- #4c99a2 MG 081 muted azure teal 16.5% of canvas
- #14393e MG 085 dark muted teal 9.0% of canvas
- #cbd2cb MG 212 pale grey 6.5% of canvas
- #aca08d MG 181 light sand 6.2% of canvas
- #171a1b MG 221 blue black 4.1% of canvas
Color families
Blue 59%, Brown 17%, Gray 11%, Green 7%, Black 5%
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Composition
58% of the visual weight is in the right half, 53% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 9% 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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More by Mary Cassatt
- Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, 1879
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