Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1828–1882 · British

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (47%), black (34%) and green (6%). On average the canvases are dark, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: bistre, dark muted green, dark olive, dark umber and charcoal.

Color print

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

• MG 219 bistre 18.7% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 15.6% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 7.8% of canvas
• MG 195 dark olive 5.2% of canvas
• MG 186 dark umber 4.6% of canvas
• MG 060 dark muted green 3.8% of canvas
• MG 155 dark reddish brown 3.8% of canvas
• MG 169 dark brown 3.1% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 2.6% of canvas
• MG 168 dark amber brown 2.3% of canvas
• MG 185 dark golden umber 2.2% of canvas
• MG 154 reddish brown 1.9% of canvas
• MG 167 brown 1.6% of canvas
• MG 156 dark reddish brown 1.5% of canvas
• MG 159 rich brown 1.4% of canvas
• MG 160 dark rich brown 1.4% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.37

Contrast

0.41

Vividness

0.036

Warmth

+0.88

Complexity

98 cells

Hue range

0.43

Focus

0.11

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 51% of the visual weight in the left half, 63% in the upper half; symmetry 0.42; 44% calm space; half of the detail in 30% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• Bocca Baciata, 1859
• Beata Beatrix, 1872
• Proserpine, 1874