Northern Renaissance · 1526
The Four Apostles
The Four Apostles (1526) by Albrecht Dürer. Its palette is led by very dark sienna (#3e1817, 22%) and scarlet red (#b3471c, 16%), with accents of light golden sand, golden olive, light orange and yellow. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown, black and red cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #B3471C, takes up 16% of it.
Palette
- #3e1817 MG 146 very dark sienna 21.7% of canvas
- #b3471c MG 019 scarlet red 15.6% of canvas
- #1c1c1b MG 222 charcoal 15.3% of canvas
- #dfd2b4 MG 202 pale muted golden cream 13.6% of canvas
- #9b9e87 MG 190 light golden sand 13.6% of canvas
- #585c47 MG 193 golden olive 12.4% of canvas
- #b78041 MG 029 light orange 4.7% of canvas
- #787c1a MG 045 yellow 3.1% of canvas
Color families
Brown 42%, Black 16%, Red 14%, Gray 7%, Green 6%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 55% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.42 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 14% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 33% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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