Proserpine

Proserpine (1874) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Its palette is led by charcoal (#272d22, 69%) and graphite (#354235, 15%), with accents of light muted green. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.

Color reading

Black and brown cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, amber #9E7F54, takes up 6% of it.

Palette

#272d22 MG 222 charcoal 68.6% of canvas
#354235 MG 218 graphite 14.7% of canvas
#554c2f MG 194 dark golden olive 8.9% of canvas
#9e7f54 MG 034 amber 6.0% of canvas
#a1a98c MG 055 light muted green 1.9% of canvas

Color families

Black 43%, Brown 29%, Green 16%, Gray 8%, Blue 3%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.32
Contrast: 0.38
Vividness: 0.023
Warmth: +0.65
Complexity: 88 cells
Hue range: 0.55
Focus: 0.14

Composition

55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 68% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.42 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 40% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 27% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1874
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 125.1 × 61.0 cm
Genre: mythological painting
Collection: Tate Britain, London

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