Impressionism · 1880s
The Cup of Tea
The Cup of Tea (1880s) by Mary Cassatt. Its palette is led by oatmeal (#c0b0a8, 31%) and slate (#55585a, 15%), with accents of pewter and silver. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.
Color reading
Gray and brown cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, oatmeal #C0B0A8, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #c0b0a8 MG 172 oatmeal 30.7% of canvas
- #8d8989 MG 214 pewter 21.1% of canvas
- #55585a MG 210 slate 15.5% of canvas
- #37383a MG 218 graphite 12.3% of canvas
- #1a1a1d MG 221 blue black 11.5% of canvas
- #e2d9d8 MG 206 silver 8.9% of canvas
Color families
Gray 37%, Brown 34%, Black 13%, White 4%, Pink 4%
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Composition
56% of the visual weight is in the left half, 62% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.58 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 11% 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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