Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1912
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus (1912) by Odilon Redon. Its palette is led by light tan (#bda287, 24%) and bone (#d9c8a3, 22%), with accents of blue, reddish crimson, dark reddish brown and very dark sienna. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown and blue cover about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, reddish crimson #964146, takes up 5% of it.
Palette
- #bda287 MG 164 light tan 24.3% of canvas
- #d9c8a3 MG 171 bone 21.8% of canvas
- #ab7866 MG 152 reddish brown 21.1% of canvas
- #6b98c1 MG 088 light azure 15.7% of canvas
- #375078 MG 106 blue 5.6% of canvas
- #964146 MG 006 reddish crimson 5.1% of canvas
- #52382b MG 155 dark reddish brown 4.8% of canvas
- #321a15 MG 146 very dark sienna 1.7% of canvas
Color families
Brown 44%, Blue 21%, Gray 9%, Red 8%, White 6%
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Composition
55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 58% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.57 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 16% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 34% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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