Realism · 1890s
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (1890s) by Ilya Repin. Its palette is led by taupe (#65503d, 26%) and charcoal (#222523, 19%), with accents of bone, parchment and rich orange brown. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, rich orange brown #94533D, takes up just 4% of it.
Palette
- #65503d MG 176 taupe 25.8% of canvas
- #222523 MG 222 charcoal 18.7% of canvas
- #867b66 MG 174 warm grey 14.6% of canvas
- #c1b8ac MG 171 bone 14.6% of canvas
- #9e927f MG 173 putty 14.5% of canvas
- #e8e2c6 MG 201 parchment 7.6% of canvas
- #94533d MG 158 rich orange brown 4.2% of canvas
Color families
Brown 67%, Gray 13%, Black 9%, White 7%, Red 1%
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Composition
58% of the visual weight is in the right half, 55% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.46 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 8% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 34% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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