Romanticism · c. 1823
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar (c. 1823) by J. M. W. Turner. Its palette is led by muted lime green (#81897e, 22%) and bone (#d1c5a9, 19%), with accents of taupe, dark brown, muted teal and muted azure blue. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated 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
- #81897e MG 056 muted lime green 21.5% of canvas
- #d1c5a9 MG 171 bone 19.5% of canvas
- #9ea59b MG 213 light grey 16.2% of canvas
- #5d523d MG 176 taupe 13.1% of canvas
- #191515 MG 223 soot 12.0% of canvas
- #442e1d MG 169 dark brown 7.7% of canvas
- #3d6b7b MG 083 muted teal 6.6% of canvas
- #6d99b6 MG 095 muted azure blue 3.4% of canvas
Color families
Brown 50%, Gray 17%, Black 12%, White 7%, Blue 7%
Measurements
Composition
55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 60% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.78 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 32% 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.
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