Neoclassicism · 1783
The Sorrow of Telemachus
The Sorrow of Telemachus (1783) by Angelica Kauffman. Its palette is led by dark brown (#3e2912, 33%) and warm black (#18130a, 19%), with accents of stone, amber and pale sand. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, amber #A87D4A, takes up 5% of it.
Palette
- #3e2912 MG 169 dark brown 33.4% of canvas
- #18130a MG 220 warm black 19.3% of canvas
- #543f21 MG 185 dark golden umber 18.1% of canvas
- #656358 MG 175 stone 11.6% of canvas
- #928e84 MG 173 putty 9.5% of canvas
- #a87d4a MG 034 amber 5.3% of canvas
- #d1c09f MG 180 pale sand 2.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 68%, Black 20%, Gray 8%, Yellow 3%, Orange 1%
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Composition
54% of the visual weight is in the left half, 53% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.50 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 27% 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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