The Painter's Studio

The Painter's Studio (1855) by Gustave Courbet. Its palette is led by charcoal (#2d2825, 53%) and brown (#695745, 26%), with accents of ivory. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.

Color reading

Brown and black cover about nine-tenths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light orange #B28F6A, takes up 6% of it.

Palette

#2d2825 MG 222 charcoal 53.1% of canvas
#695745 MG 167 brown 26.5% of canvas
#95785d MG 174 warm grey 11.5% of canvas
#b28f6a MG 029 light orange 6.3% of canvas
#f4efdb MG 200 ivory 2.6% of canvas

Color families

Brown 53%, Black 36%, Gray 5%, White 2%, Yellow 2%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.40
Contrast: 0.50
Vividness: 0.026
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 148 cells
Hue range: 0.29
Focus: 0.06

Composition

58% of the visual weight is in the left half, 56% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.47 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 27% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 25% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1855
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 361.0 × 598.0 cm
Genre: genre art
Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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