Rococo · 1703–1770 · French

François Boucher

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (49%), gray (17%) and black (17%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: very dark muted green, dark muted blue, golden olive, muted lime green and dark muted azure blue.

Color print

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

• MG 223 soot 6.0% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 5.9% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 4.7% of canvas
• MG 061 very dark muted green 4.3% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 4.2% of canvas
• MG 193 golden olive 4.0% of canvas
• MG 215 grey 3.8% of canvas
• MG 217 iron 3.7% of canvas
• MG 211 dark slate 3.7% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 3.4% of canvas
• MG 216 dark grey 3.4% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 3.3% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 3.0% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 2.8% of canvas
• MG 098 dark muted azure blue 2.8% of canvas
• MG 192 golden olive 2.7% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.45

Contrast

0.44

Vividness

0.033

Warmth

+0.70

Complexity

137 cells

Hue range

0.47

Focus

0.09

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 55% of the visual weight in the left half, 57% in the lower half; symmetry 0.50; 25% calm space; half of the detail in 32% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• Brown Odalisque, 1740s
• La Naissance de Vénus, 1754
• Madame de Pompadour, 1759