Rococo · 1743
View of the Bacino di San Marco from the Punta della Dogana
View of the Bacino di San Marco from the Punta della Dogana (1743) by Canaletto. Its palette is led by pale muted green (#b7bdb1, 46%) and stone (#70675f, 17%), with accents of amber brown. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.
Color reading
Brown and gray cover nearly nine-tenths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, amber brown #A4896E, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #b7bdb1 MG 053 pale muted green 45.7% of canvas
- #70675f MG 175 stone 16.8% of canvas
- #4d3e39 MG 155 dark reddish brown 13.6% of canvas
- #322a2b MG 222 charcoal 12.9% of canvas
- #a4896e MG 165 amber brown 11.0% of canvas
Color families
Brown 49%, Gray 39%, Black 6%, Green 3%, White 2%
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Composition
50% of the visual weight is in the left half, 81% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.05 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 40% 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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