The Architect's Dream

The Architect's Dream (1840) by Thomas Cole. Its palette is led by silver (#e4e1e2, 28%) and light scarlet orange (#ccab8a, 18%), with accents of amber brown, dark muted lime green and black. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown and white cover nearly two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, golden olive #6D6434, takes up 13% of it.

Palette

#e4e1e2 MG 206 silver 27.8% of canvas
#ccab8a MG 028 light scarlet orange 17.7% of canvas
#2f281c MG 219 bistre 15.2% of canvas
#6d6434 MG 193 golden olive 13.4% of canvas
#9a8369 MG 165 amber brown 10.1% of canvas
#3d4622 MG 059 dark muted lime green 9.7% of canvas
#0e0708 MG 224 black 6.1% of canvas

Color families

Brown 43%, White 22%, Black 12%, Yellow 10%, Green 7%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.60
Contrast: 0.73
Vividness: 0.043
Warmth: +0.94
Complexity: 160 cells
Hue range: 0.47
Focus: 0.07

Composition

53% of the visual weight is in the left half, 65% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.36 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 23% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 28% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1840
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 134.7 × 213.6 cm
Genre: cityscape
Made in: United States
Collection: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo

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