Surrealism · 1925
The Policeman
Still in copyright: the image isn't shown, only the colors measured from it.
The Policeman (1925) by Joan Miró. Its palette is led by rich scarlet brown (#825120, 39%) and rich scarlet brown (#926029, 29%). Overall the canvas is mid-toned, vivid and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers more than nine-tenths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #AA3718, takes up just 2% of it.
Palette
- #825120 MG 161 rich scarlet brown 39.3% of canvas
- #926029 MG 161 rich scarlet brown 28.8% of canvas
- #c0b2a7 MG 172 oatmeal 22.7% of canvas
- #432c17 MG 169 dark brown 7.3% of canvas
- #aa3718 MG 019 scarlet red 1.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 93%, Red 2%, Orange 2%, Gray 2%, White 1%
Measurements
Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 50% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 48% 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.