Romanticism · 1814
The Third of May 1808
The Third of May 1808 (1814) by Francisco Goya. Its palette is led by charcoal (#191e25, 48%) and dark taupe (#3e3930, 21%), with accents of pale sand and silver. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.
Color reading
Black and brown cover about four-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, pale sand #C7B089, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #191e25 MG 222 charcoal 47.8% of canvas
- #3e3930 MG 177 dark taupe 21.1% of canvas
- #655842 MG 184 umber 17.3% of canvas
- #8b7a60 MG 174 warm grey 9.5% of canvas
- #c7b089 MG 180 pale sand 3.3% of canvas
- #e9e7e4 MG 206 silver 1.0% of canvas
Color families
Black 41%, Brown 39%, Gray 9%, Blue 8%, Yellow 1%
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Composition
63% of the visual weight is in the left half, 66% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.71 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 35% 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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