Impressionism · 1875
The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand
The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand (1875) by Alfred Sisley. Its palette is led by pale muted lime green (#cbd8ce, 42%) and pale muted aqua (#89bec5, 17%), with accents of stone, muted azure blue and dark slate. Overall the canvas is light, muted and cool.
Color reading
Gray, blue and brown cover about four-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, pale muted aqua #89BEC5, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #cbd8ce MG 051 pale muted lime green 41.7% of canvas
- #89bec5 MG 079 pale muted aqua 16.9% of canvas
- #beb9a7 MG 189 pale golden sand 11.9% of canvas
- #a69f8f MG 181 light sand 11.5% of canvas
- #6e6c63 MG 175 stone 8.7% of canvas
- #7293a4 MG 095 muted azure blue 6.6% of canvas
- #29302b MG 211 dark slate 2.7% of canvas
Color families
Gray 28%, Blue 27%, Brown 25%, White 13%, Green 7%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 69% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.17 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 39% 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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