Realism · 1876
The Chess Players
The Chess Players (1876) by Thomas Eakins. Its palette is led by bistre (#2a1d16, 39%) and dark reddish brown (#472718, 26%), with accents of rich sienna. Overall the canvas is dark, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown and black cover almost all of the canvas. Its most vivid color, rich sienna #853220, takes up 8% of it.
Palette
- #2a1d16 MG 219 bistre 38.8% of canvas
- #472718 MG 156 dark reddish brown 25.6% of canvas
- #0d1013 MG 223 soot 15.0% of canvas
- #5f2d1c MG 160 dark rich brown 12.3% of canvas
- #853220 MG 147 rich sienna 8.3% of canvas
Color families
Brown 53%, Black 44%, Red 2%, Gray 1%, Orange 0%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 57% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.51 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 37% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 29% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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