Romanticism · 1842
Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth
Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (1842) by J. M. W. Turner. Its palette is led by oatmeal (#a3a596, 28%) and warm grey (#807f6c, 25%), with accents of parchment. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.
Color note
Turner was an early, eager user of new pigments, especially chrome yellow, and his late work dissolves scenes into light and color. Some of his materials were unstable, so a number of his paintings have faded or changed.
Palette
- #a3a596 MG 172 oatmeal 28.1% of canvas
- #807f6c MG 174 warm grey 25.2% of canvas
- #696957 MG 175 stone 22.5% of canvas
- #4a4134 MG 185 dark golden umber 20.9% of canvas
- #e2e1d5 MG 201 parchment 3.3% of canvas
Color families
Brown 68%, Gray 24%, Green 3%, Black 2%, White 2%
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Composition
57% of the visual weight is in the left half, 55% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.54 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 47% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 33% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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