Woman with a Parrot

Woman with a Parrot (1866) by Gustave Courbet. Its palette is led by charcoal (#1f1d19, 55%) and pale sand (#bfb497, 14%), with accents of taupe. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.

Color reading

Black covers about three-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, golden umber #A08E6E, stays close to gray.

Palette

#1f1d19 MG 222 charcoal 54.8% of canvas
#bfb497 MG 180 pale sand 13.8% of canvas
#312e21 MG 195 dark olive 12.3% of canvas
#a08e6e MG 182 golden umber 10.1% of canvas
#5a4a32 MG 176 taupe 9.0% of canvas

Color families

Black 61%, Brown 36%, Gray 1%, Yellow 1%, Green 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.37
Contrast: 0.58
Vividness: 0.018
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 157 cells
Hue range: 0.24
Focus: 0.25

Composition

58% of the visual weight is in the left half, 76% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.30 (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.

Details

Date: 1866
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 129.5 × 195.6 cm
Genre: nude
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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