Salomé Dancing before Herod

Salomé Dancing before Herod (1876) by Gustave Moreau. Its palette is led by bistre (#292216, 45%) and dark taupe (#453d26, 24%), with accents of light sand and pale muted golden cream. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about three-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, golden olive #817758, stays close to gray.

Palette

#292216 MG 219 bistre 45.1% of canvas
#453d26 MG 177 dark taupe 24.3% of canvas
#6a6042 MG 193 golden olive 14.9% of canvas
#817758 MG 192 golden olive 10.3% of canvas
#aba184 MG 181 light sand 4.4% of canvas
#d9cdb1 MG 202 pale muted golden cream 0.9% of canvas

Color families

Brown 62%, Black 37%, Gray 0%, Green 0%, Yellow 0%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.37
Contrast: 0.46
Vividness: 0.029
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 154 cells
Hue range: 0.38
Focus: 0.15

Composition

60% of the visual weight is in the right half, 57% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.56 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 25% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 32% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1876
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 143.5 × 104.3 cm
Genre: religious art
Collection: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

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