Northern Renaissance · 1443
The Last Judgment (Beaune Altarpiece)
The Last Judgment (Beaune Altarpiece) (1443) by Rogier van der Weyden. Its palette is led by dark amber brown (#513f2b, 26%) and orange (#af7e4b, 16%), with accents of brown, light orange amber, putty and black. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers more than three-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light orange amber #D4A351, takes up 7% of it.
Palette
- #513f2b MG 168 dark amber brown 26.2% of canvas
- #7e5e44 MG 167 brown 22.8% of canvas
- #af7e4b MG 030 orange 16.1% of canvas
- #342922 MG 219 bistre 14.7% of canvas
- #813735 MG 147 rich sienna 8.2% of canvas
- #d4a351 MG 032 light orange amber 6.6% of canvas
- #91927e MG 173 putty 5.0% of canvas
- #010003 MG 224 black 0.4% of canvas
Color families
Brown 63%, Yellow 10%, Orange 8%, Gray 7%, Black 6%
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Composition
54% of the visual weight is in the left half, 64% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.93 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 1% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 38% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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