Rococo · 1767
The Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception (1767) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Its palette is led by umber (#6f5834, 35%) and dark umber (#352911, 19%), with accents of warm black, pale golden sand and grey. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, golden umber #A4855A, takes up 18% of it.
Palette
- #6f5834 MG 184 umber 35.4% of canvas
- #352911 MG 186 dark umber 18.9% of canvas
- #a4855a MG 182 golden umber 18.5% of canvas
- #52442a MG 185 dark golden umber 17.0% of canvas
- #100f06 MG 220 warm black 6.7% of canvas
- #c5bda4 MG 189 pale golden sand 1.9% of canvas
- #738389 MG 215 grey 1.7% of canvas
Color families
Brown 79%, Black 11%, Yellow 7%, Gray 2%, Green 1%
Measurements
Composition
50% of the visual weight is in the left half, 52% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.65 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 38% 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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