Hudson River School · 1865
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California (1865) by Albert Bierstadt. Its palette is led by warm grey (#8f7c65, 31%) and bistre (#2d200f, 25%), with accents of pale sand. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, pale sand #C6AF8D, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #8f7c65 MG 174 warm grey 30.9% of canvas
- #2d200f MG 219 bistre 24.5% of canvas
- #453d35 MG 177 dark taupe 17.7% of canvas
- #63503b MG 176 taupe 15.7% of canvas
- #c6af8d MG 180 pale sand 11.2% of canvas
Color families
Brown 68%, Black 14%, Gray 11%, Yellow 6%, Orange 1%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 67% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 57% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 32% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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