Romanticism · 1746–1828 · Spanish

Francisco Goya

Across 5 works, the colors are mostly black (44%), brown (36%) and gray (10%). On average the canvases are dark, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: blue black, bistre, very dark muted blue, charcoal and black.

Color print

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

• MG 222 charcoal 13.4% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 13.0% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 10.0% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 7.0% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 6.3% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 4.0% of canvas
• MG 220 warm black 3.7% of canvas
• MG 224 black 3.6% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 3.5% of canvas
• MG 169 dark brown 3.2% of canvas
• MG 100 very dark muted blue 2.8% of canvas
• MG 184 umber 2.6% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 2.0% of canvas
• MG 211 dark slate 2.0% of canvas
• MG 168 dark amber brown 1.9% of canvas
• MG 183 golden umber 1.8% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.35

Contrast

0.52

Vividness

0.023

Warmth

+0.99

Complexity

143 cells

Hue range

0.36

Focus

0.22

Works

• Charles IV of Spain and His Family, 1800
• La Maja nue, 1800
• The Clothed Maja, 1800
• The Third of May 1808, 1814
• Saturn Devouring His Son, 1819