Realism · 1888
They Did Not Expect Him
They Did Not Expect Him (1888) by Ilya Repin. Its palette is led by golden umber (#877758, 22%) and oatmeal (#afa794, 22%). Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about four-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, golden umber #877758, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #877758 MG 183 golden umber 22.3% of canvas
- #afa794 MG 172 oatmeal 22.3% of canvas
- #6b5840 MG 167 brown 19.8% of canvas
- #a09784 MG 173 putty 18.9% of canvas
- #212321 MG 222 charcoal 16.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 82%, Black 10%, Gray 6%, Yellow 2%, White 1%
Measurements
Composition
57% of the visual weight is in the right half, 54% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.35 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 36% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 27% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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