Romanticism · 1839
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire (1839) by J. M. W. Turner. Its palette is led by light tan (#b89f82, 40%) and amber brown (#856749, 25%), with accents of dark reddish brown. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Turner was an early, eager user of new pigments, especially chrome yellow, and his late work dissolves scenes into light and color. Some of his materials were unstable, so a number of his paintings have faded or changed.
Palette
- #b89f82 MG 164 light tan 40.0% of canvas
- #856749 MG 166 amber brown 24.6% of canvas
- #857e78 MG 215 grey 21.8% of canvas
- #90999e MG 208 pigeon grey 10.1% of canvas
- #402b21 MG 156 dark reddish brown 3.5% of canvas
Color families
Brown 73%, Gray 15%, Orange 7%, Yellow 4%, Blue 1%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 69% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.34 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 78% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 26% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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