The Assumption of the Virgin color palette
El Greco, 1577–79. The six main colors of the painting, with their codes and how much of it each one covers.
The six colors
- Mole#6D6156RGB 109, 97, 8628%
- Straw#AF9A64RGB 175, 154, 10015%
- Espresso#271B10RGB 39, 27, 1614%
- Clay rose#A37174RGB 163, 113, 1167%
- Maroon#5B292ARGB 91, 41, 426%
- Ink blue#194567RGB 25, 69, 1033%
Colors picked by hand by the painter Neli Chaneva. Shares are of the whole painting, rounded. Make your own palette from any picture with Image to Palette.
How the colors work
Mole leads with 28% of the painting, and straw follows with 15%.
Ink blue is the accent: only 3% of the painting, but enough to lift the rest.
Its values run from 1 (espresso) to 6 (straw), on a scale from 0 (black) to 10 (white): a middle range, neither hard nor hazy.
It leans warm: warm colors cover 37%, cool ones 4%.
Straw and ink blue sit on opposite sides of the color wheel, so each makes the other look stronger (see complementary colors).
The same colors in gray
Each color beside its value, from light to dark. Painters check this to see the painting’s structure without its colors.
Use this palette
Open the painting in Image to Palette to choose more or fewer colors, see the mixing strips, and save the palette for Procreate or Adobe.
