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James Vibert, Sculptor color palette

Ferdinand Hodler, 1907. The five main colors of the painting, with their codes and how much of it each one covers.

Ferdinand Hodler, James Vibert, Sculptor, 1907. Art Institute of Chicago, public domain.

The five colors

  1. Pistachio#B9BA84RGB 185, 186, 13243%
  2. Taupe#929487RGB 146, 148, 13517%
  3. Burnt sienna#6A3C2DRGB 106, 60, 458%
  4. Lichen#5A7F70RGB 90, 127, 1122%
  5. Espresso#3F2219RGB 63, 34, 251%

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How the colors work

Pistachio rules this painting: it covers 43%, close to half of it.

Its values run from 2 (espresso) to 7 (pistachio), on a scale from 0 (black) to 10 (white): a middle range, neither hard nor hazy.

It leans warm: warm colors cover 73%, cool ones 2%.

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.

Pistachio 7
Taupe 6
Lichen 5
Burnt sienna 3
Espresso 2

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