Surrealism · 1932–1935
The Eye
Still in copyright: the image isn't shown, only the colors measured from it.
The Eye (1932–1935) by René Magritte. Its palette is led by dark slate (#2e2e2d, 42%) and bone (#ddc0a8, 31%), with accents of light reddish tan, golden umber and taupe. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.
Color reading
Black and brown cover more than two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light reddish tan #C0917D, takes up 6% of it.
Palette
- #2e2e2d MG 211 dark slate 41.7% of canvas
- #ddc0a8 MG 171 bone 31.3% of canvas
- #0c0b0b MG 223 soot 16.0% of canvas
- #c0917d MG 151 light reddish tan 6.5% of canvas
- #7e6e53 MG 183 golden umber 3.1% of canvas
- #545049 MG 176 taupe 1.5% of canvas
Color families
Black 36%, Brown 33%, Gray 22%, White 6%, Orange 1%
Measurements
Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 51% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.89 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 68% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 16% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.