Surrealism · 1939
The Two Fridas
Still in copyright: the image isn't shown, only the colors measured from it.
The Two Fridas (1939) by Frida Kahlo. Its palette is led by light grey (#a5aaaa, 28%) and ivory (#ecede5, 21%), with accents of light amber, dark muted azure blue, muted blue and soot. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Gray and brown cover about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light amber #C08F50, takes up 8% of it.
Palette
- #a5aaaa MG 213 light grey 27.8% of canvas
- #ecede5 MG 200 ivory 21.4% of canvas
- #6a5b35 MG 184 umber 18.1% of canvas
- #787f87 MG 215 grey 17.4% of canvas
- #c08f50 MG 033 light amber 7.6% of canvas
- #403f55 MG 098 dark muted azure blue 3.5% of canvas
- #5e5a88 MG 097 muted blue 2.8% of canvas
- #1c111b MG 223 soot 1.3% of canvas
Color families
Gray 38%, Brown 30%, White 20%, Blue 4%, Orange 4%
Measurements
Composition
55% of the visual weight is in the right half, 54% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.46 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 16% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 33% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.