Baroque · c. 1642
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (c. 1642) by Georges de La Tour. Its palette is led by dark muted blue (#252842, 39%) and graphite (#433b4d, 35%), with accents of soot, amber brown, light tan, white and pale grey. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and cool.
Color reading
Blue and gray cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, dark muted blue #252842, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #252842 MG 099 dark muted blue 39.1% of canvas
- #433b4d MG 218 graphite 35.0% of canvas
- #0f1514 MG 223 soot 12.8% of canvas
- #56463d MG 176 taupe 5.4% of canvas
- #806750 MG 166 amber brown 3.9% of canvas
- #ae9986 MG 164 light tan 1.6% of canvas
- #f0f0f7 MG 205 white 1.1% of canvas
- #cdc0be MG 212 pale grey 1.1% of canvas
Color families
Blue 49%, Gray 26%, Black 12%, Brown 11%, White 1%
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Composition
55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 61% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.56 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 72% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 16% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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