The Fog Warning

Winslow Homer 1836–1910

The Fog Warning (1885) by Winslow Homer. Its palette is led by bone (#d1c5a8, 23%) and bistre (#28221d, 21%). Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about three-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, bone #D1C5A8, stays close to gray.

Palette

#d1c5a8 MG 171 bone 22.9% of canvas
#28221d MG 219 bistre 21.2% of canvas
#4d4e43 MG 176 taupe 21.1% of canvas
#858070 MG 174 warm grey 19.4% of canvas
#3c362c MG 177 dark taupe 15.4% of canvas

Color families

Brown 61%, Black 19%, Gray 16%, White 3%, Green 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.49
Contrast: 0.64
Vividness: 0.024
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 148 cells
Hue range: 0.30
Focus: 0.05

Composition

54% of the visual weight is in the left half, 62% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.33 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 22% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 30% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 76.8 × 123.2 cm
Genre: genre art
Made in: United States
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston

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