Italian Renaissance · 1448
The Baptism of Christ
The Baptism of Christ (1448) by Piero della Francesca. Its palette is led by dark golden olive (#484329, 34%) and putty (#958f7c, 20%), with accents of white, oatmeal, dark muted azure blue and red. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers more than two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, red #964A3E, takes up just 3% of it.
Palette
- #484329 MG 194 dark golden olive 34.3% of canvas
- #958f7c MG 173 putty 20.4% of canvas
- #84765a MG 183 golden umber 15.5% of canvas
- #6b8490 MG 215 grey 11.1% of canvas
- #ffffff MG 205 white 5.9% of canvas
- #c3af8d MG 172 oatmeal 5.7% of canvas
- #324b5f MG 098 dark muted azure blue 3.6% of canvas
- #964a3e MG 018 red 3.5% of canvas
Color families
Brown 71%, Gray 12%, Blue 8%, White 6%, Black 1%
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Composition
50% of the visual weight is in the right half, 54% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.28 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 21% 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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