Fauvism & Expressionism · 1906
Selfportrait at 6th wedding anniversary
Selfportrait at 6th wedding anniversary (1906) by Paula Modersohn-Becker. Its palette is led by pale golden sand (#c8be99, 65%) and light golden sand (#a6a77c, 16%), with accents of orange and dark rich brown. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, orange #9F714E, takes up just 4% of it.
Palette
- #c8be99 MG 189 pale golden sand 64.8% of canvas
- #a6a77c MG 190 light golden sand 16.4% of canvas
- #cca688 MG 164 light tan 13.8% of canvas
- #9f714e MG 030 orange 3.5% of canvas
- #5b331a MG 160 dark rich brown 1.5% of canvas
Color families
Brown 73%, Gray 12%, Yellow 5%, White 5%, Orange 4%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 58% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.86 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 66% 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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