Rococo · 1718
Pierrot
Pierrot (1718) by Antoine Watteau. Its palette is led by pigeon grey (#99979d, 33%) and dark taupe (#3b362e, 29%), with accents of amber brown. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.
Color reading
Brown and gray cover more than four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, amber brown #9A6A49, takes up 9% of it.
Palette
- #99979d MG 208 pigeon grey 33.1% of canvas
- #3b362e MG 177 dark taupe 29.4% of canvas
- #5c5343 MG 176 taupe 18.4% of canvas
- #d7cfc8 MG 171 bone 10.2% of canvas
- #9a6a49 MG 166 amber brown 9.0% of canvas
Color families
Brown 47%, Gray 37%, Black 10%, White 4%, Blue 1%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 69% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 32% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 29% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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