The Cradle

The Cradle (1872) by Berthe Morisot. Its palette is led by oatmeal (#b9ac98, 42%) and bone (#d4c9b4, 29%), with accents of warm grey and taupe. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers more than three-quarters of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, oatmeal #B9AC98, stays close to gray.

Palette

#b9ac98 MG 172 oatmeal 42.2% of canvas
#d4c9b4 MG 171 bone 28.7% of canvas
#2e2722 MG 219 bistre 12.4% of canvas
#8a7f72 MG 174 warm grey 9.9% of canvas
#57524b MG 176 taupe 6.8% of canvas

Color families

Brown 77%, White 8%, Gray 8%, Black 7%, Yellow 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.68
Contrast: 0.58
Vividness: 0.027
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 124 cells
Hue range: 0.06
Focus: 0.01

Composition

51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 51% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.08 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 54% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 23% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1872
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 56.0 × 46.5 cm
Genre: genre art
Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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