Dutch Golden Age · 17th century
Woman with a Child in a Pantry
Woman with a Child in a Pantry (17th century) by Pieter de Hooch. Its palette is led by very dark brown (#2a1a0d, 28%) and dark amber brown (#5a452c, 20%), with accents of light gold, scarlet orange, pale muted golden cream and light scarlet orange. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown and black cover about four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light scarlet orange #F08A26, takes up just 5% of it.
Palette
- #2a1a0d MG 170 very dark brown 28.3% of canvas
- #5a452c MG 168 dark amber brown 19.9% of canvas
- #766041 MG 184 umber 14.8% of canvas
- #130c06 MG 220 warm black 11.1% of canvas
- #ab976d MG 038 light gold 10.4% of canvas
- #be5f0f MG 026 scarlet orange 5.7% of canvas
- #eddaac MG 202 pale muted golden cream 5.2% of canvas
- #f08a26 MG 025 light scarlet orange 4.6% of canvas
Color families
Brown 59%, Black 23%, Orange 9%, Yellow 3%, White 3%
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Composition
62% of the visual weight is in the right half, 58% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.36 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 20% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 30% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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