Impressionism · 1893
The Child's Bath
The Child's Bath (1893) by Mary Cassatt. Its palette is led by grey (#786e6e, 24%) and iron (#464b44, 17%), with accents of light grey, charcoal and dark reddish brown. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.
Color reading
Gray and brown cover about four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, dark reddish brown #683A28, takes up 6% of it.
Palette
- #786e6e MG 215 grey 23.7% of canvas
- #a2a3a5 MG 213 light grey 21.8% of canvas
- #464b44 MG 217 iron 16.9% of canvas
- #555e66 MG 216 dark grey 12.3% of canvas
- #5e5d46 MG 193 golden olive 11.9% of canvas
- #1f242d MG 222 charcoal 7.9% of canvas
- #683a28 MG 155 dark reddish brown 5.6% of canvas
Color families
Gray 41%, Brown 40%, Blue 12%, Black 3%, Red 3%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 51% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.55 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 13% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 35% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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