Fauvism & Expressionism · 1938
White Crucifixion
Still in copyright: the image isn't shown, only the colors measured from it.
White Crucifixion (1938) by Marc Chagall. Its palette is led by bone (#ccc9c0, 29%) and grey (#78736f, 21%), with accents of graphite, light amber and green. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.
Color reading
Gray and brown cover about four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, green #086D40, takes up just 1% of it.
Palette
- #ccc9c0 MG 171 bone 29.0% of canvas
- #78736f MG 215 grey 20.8% of canvas
- #afaba4 MG 213 light grey 20.4% of canvas
- #938f8a MG 214 pewter 16.3% of canvas
- #373338 MG 218 graphite 10.4% of canvas
- #b9823b MG 033 light amber 1.6% of canvas
- #086d40 MG 067 green 1.4% of canvas
Color families
Gray 47%, Brown 33%, White 13%, Yellow 2%, Blue 2%
Measurements
Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 53% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.23 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 1% 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.
Details
More by Marc Chagall
- Birth, 1911
- The Praying Jew, 1923
- The Circus Rider, c. 1922–1932