Post-Impressionism · 1890
Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890
Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890 (1890) by Paul Signac. Its palette is led by stone (#775f60, 18%) and pale muted green (#aebeb1, 17%), with accents of light muted red, scarlet red, muted blue and lime green. Overall the canvas is light, vivid and warm.
Color reading
Brown, red and yellow cover more than half of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #DD5E4B, takes up 10% of it.
Palette
- #775f60 MG 175 stone 18.0% of canvas
- #aebeb1 MG 053 pale muted green 17.2% of canvas
- #d29189 MG 010 light muted red 16.2% of canvas
- #e7bf67 MG 036 pale gold 13.3% of canvas
- #dea454 MG 032 light orange amber 10.6% of canvas
- #dd5e4b MG 017 scarlet red 9.7% of canvas
- #376288 MG 097 muted blue 7.8% of canvas
- #599078 MG 065 lime green 7.2% of canvas
Color families
Brown 20%, Red 17%, Yellow 16%, Orange 14%, Gray 13%
Measurements
Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 53% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.52 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 8% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 35% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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