Impressionism · 1878
Vue de toits
Vue de toits (1878) by Gustave Caillebotte. Its palette is led by cool grey (#6d6e72, 31%) and pewter (#9a9a99, 20%), with accents of iron and charcoal. Overall the canvas is light, muted and balanced between warm and cool.
Color reading
Gray covers about four-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, charcoal #252635, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #6d6e72 MG 209 cool grey 30.9% of canvas
- #9a9a99 MG 214 pewter 20.1% of canvas
- #474b53 MG 217 iron 17.4% of canvas
- #dcdbd0 MG 201 parchment 12.2% of canvas
- #252635 MG 222 charcoal 10.6% of canvas
- #bcbcb7 MG 212 pale grey 8.8% of canvas
Color families
Gray 78%, White 11%, Black 4%, Brown 3%, Blue 3%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the left half, 68% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.26 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 17% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 31% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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