Baroque · 1601
Supper at Emmaus
Supper at Emmaus (1601) by Caravaggio. Its palette is led by bistre (#251d18, 70%) and dark brown (#3f2e1f, 17%), with accents of golden umber. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.
Color note
Caravaggio set brightly lit figures against near-black backgrounds, the dramatic style called tenebrism. His palette was simple, earth colors, lead white, black and vermilion: the drama comes from light, not hue.
Palette
- #251d18 MG 219 bistre 69.7% of canvas
- #3f2e1f MG 169 dark brown 16.6% of canvas
- #5b432a MG 168 dark amber brown 6.6% of canvas
- #81694a MG 166 amber brown 3.6% of canvas
- #968160 MG 182 golden umber 3.5% of canvas
Color families
Black 70%, Brown 29%, Gray 0%, Yellow 0%, Orange 0%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 59% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.14 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 53% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 22% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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