Fauvism & Expressionism · 1914
Mode: Woman with Parasol in front of Milliner's Shop
Mode: Woman with Parasol in front of Milliner's Shop (1914) by August Macke. Its palette is led by dark reddish brown (#3f2d21, 29%) and muted lime green (#808a7d, 18%), with accents of umber, scarlet red, scarlet red and pale golden yellow. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown, gray and black cover about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #D02D17, takes up 5% of it.
Palette
- #3f2d21 MG 156 dark reddish brown 29.2% of canvas
- #808a7d MG 056 muted lime green 17.6% of canvas
- #d4dbbc MG 203 pale muted golden cream 15.0% of canvas
- #5d5643 MG 184 umber 13.5% of canvas
- #a4aea3 MG 213 light grey 13.1% of canvas
- #d02d17 MG 017 scarlet red 5.4% of canvas
- #9d2e18 MG 019 scarlet red 3.7% of canvas
- #f9c74b MG 040 pale golden yellow 2.5% of canvas
Color families
Brown 41%, Gray 14%, Black 10%, White 9%, Green 9%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 55% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.43 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 9% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 30% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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