Neoclassicism · 1793
The Death of Marat
The Death of Marat (1793) by Jacques-Louis David. Its palette is led by charcoal (#221f1a, 40%) and dark umber (#393121, 38%), with accents of golden olive. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.
Color reading
Brown and black cover almost all of the canvas. Its most vivid color, golden olive #7E6E3E, takes up just 3% of it.
Palette
- #221f1a MG 222 charcoal 40.0% of canvas
- #393121 MG 186 dark umber 38.0% of canvas
- #564323 MG 185 dark golden umber 12.5% of canvas
- #6d572c MG 184 umber 6.2% of canvas
- #7e6e3e MG 192 golden olive 3.4% of canvas
Color families
Brown 52%, Black 48%, Yellow 0%, Green 0%, Gray 0%
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Composition
58% of the visual weight is in the right half, 70% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.09 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 74% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 18% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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