Hudson River School · 1863
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak (1863) by Albert Bierstadt. Its palette is led by cool white (#dae4ec, 29%) and olive (#5f5527, 20%), with accents of pale muted blue, pewter and golden umber. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown, white and gray cover more than two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, golden umber #A78B5C, takes up just 4% of it.
Palette
- #dae4ec MG 204 cool white 29.2% of canvas
- #5f5527 MG 046 olive 19.7% of canvas
- #43411f MG 194 dark golden olive 15.6% of canvas
- #282c1c MG 219 bistre 14.6% of canvas
- #97bce3 MG 093 pale muted blue 12.3% of canvas
- #909398 MG 214 pewter 4.5% of canvas
- #a78b5c MG 182 golden umber 4.1% of canvas
Color families
Brown 37%, White 19%, Gray 15%, Blue 12%, Green 8%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the left half, 81% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.42 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 47% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 30% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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