Impressionism · 1841–1895 · French

Berthe Morisot

Across 4 works, the colors are mostly brown (55%), green (13%) and gray (12%). On average the canvases are light, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: yellow, muted green, oatmeal, light green and light yellow.

Color print

The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.

• MG 172 oatmeal 10.6% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 7.7% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 7.5% of canvas
• MG 045 yellow 5.8% of canvas
• MG 058 muted green 4.3% of canvas
• MG 180 pale sand 4.0% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 3.8% of canvas
• MG 191 golden olive 3.7% of canvas
• MG 181 light sand 3.5% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 3.3% of canvas
• MG 059 dark muted lime green 3.3% of canvas
• MG 212 pale grey 2.7% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 2.4% of canvas
• MG 044 light yellow 2.2% of canvas
• MG 182 golden umber 2.0% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 1.9% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.61

Contrast

0.47

Vividness

0.041

Warmth

+0.70

Complexity

128 cells

Hue range

0.40

Focus

0.00

Composition

Averaged over 4 works: 52% of the visual weight in the left half, 55% in the lower half; symmetry 0.38; 33% calm space; half of the detail in 31% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• The Cradle, 1872
• In a Park, 1874
• The Psyche mirror, 1876
• Summer's Day, 1879