Surrealism · 1946
The Wounded Deer
Still in copyright: the image isn't shown, only the colors measured from it.
The Wounded Deer (1946) by Frida Kahlo. Its palette is led by dark reddish brown (#5e3f2f, 26%) and amber brown (#99704c, 25%), with accents of pale gold, light grey, ivory and muted azure blue. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown and yellow cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, pale gold #DCCA87, takes up 10% of it.
Palette
- #5e3f2f MG 155 dark reddish brown 26.3% of canvas
- #99704c MG 166 amber brown 24.9% of canvas
- #bf9e68 MG 181 light sand 16.9% of canvas
- #1d1916 MG 221 blue black 12.9% of canvas
- #dcca87 MG 036 pale gold 10.4% of canvas
- #a3b4c2 MG 213 light grey 3.9% of canvas
- #f2f3e5 MG 200 ivory 3.5% of canvas
- #818396 MG 095 muted azure blue 1.3% of canvas
Color families
Brown 55%, Yellow 18%, Black 10%, Orange 6%, White 5%
Measurements
Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 50% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.42 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 0% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 37% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.