Impressionism · 1876
Madame Monet wearing a kimono
Madame Monet wearing a kimono (1876) by Claude Monet. Its palette is led by iron (#454f4b, 24%) and grey (#73796c, 24%), with accents of light golden sand, dark rich sienna, pale muted golden cream and soot. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Monet painted outdoors with the new tube paints and synthetic pigments and all but banished black, building shadows from blues and violets. His series of haystacks and of Rouen Cathedral record how the color of one subject changes with the light.
Palette
- #454f4b MG 217 iron 24.5% of canvas
- #73796c MG 215 grey 24.4% of canvas
- #a49d87 MG 190 light golden sand 15.9% of canvas
- #9a1a1b MG 020 dark red 13.3% of canvas
- #343a37 MG 218 graphite 12.2% of canvas
- #5d1616 MG 148 dark rich sienna 4.7% of canvas
- #d7d2c3 MG 203 pale muted golden cream 2.8% of canvas
- #14090b MG 223 soot 2.2% of canvas
Color families
Brown 37%, Gray 33%, Red 13%, Green 8%, Black 3%
Measurements
Composition
56% of the visual weight is in the right half, 50% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.80 (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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More by Claude Monet
- Luncheon on the Grass, 1866
- Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
- Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
- Woman in the Garden, 1867
- La Grenouillère, 1869
- Impression, Sunrise, 1872
- Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875
- Rouen Cathedral, 1892
- Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899
- Water Lilies, 1919