Impressionism · 1877
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877) by Gustave Caillebotte. Its palette is led by light grey (#a1a09b, 32%) and bone (#d6cdbf, 17%), with accents of dark grey and muted red. Overall the canvas is light, muted and balanced between warm and cool.
Color reading
Gray and brown cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, muted red #8B655E, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #a1a09b MG 213 light grey 32.4% of canvas
- #d6cdbf MG 171 bone 16.7% of canvas
- #535e63 MG 216 dark grey 13.5% of canvas
- #8b655e MG 012 muted red 13.2% of canvas
- #1b232a MG 222 charcoal 12.2% of canvas
- #2f363d MG 211 dark slate 12.0% of canvas
Color families
Gray 48%, Brown 25%, Black 11%, Blue 8%, White 4%
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Composition
68% of the visual weight is in the right half, 58% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.19 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 17% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 31% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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