Baroque · 1597
Medusa
Medusa (1597) by Caravaggio. Its palette is led by soot (#171312, 34%) and dark golden olive (#454117, 30%), with accents of dark reddish brown, light amber, rich scarlet brown and pale orange amber. Overall the canvas is dark, moderately saturated and warm.
Palette
- #171312 MG 223 soot 33.9% of canvas
- #454117 MG 194 dark golden olive 29.9% of canvas
- #451f0f MG 156 dark reddish brown 17.0% of canvas
- #dedee4 MG 206 silver 6.3% of canvas
- #c4c5d3 MG 212 pale grey 4.2% of canvas
- #c88d40 MG 033 light amber 3.7% of canvas
- #744a24 MG 162 rich scarlet brown 2.6% of canvas
- #eabf7a MG 031 pale orange amber 2.4% of canvas
Color families
Brown 45%, Black 38%, White 6%, Gray 6%, Yellow 4%