Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1826–1898 · French

Gustave Moreau

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (54%), black (32%) and gray (7%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: bistre, warm black, very dark brown, dark umber and dark golden umber.

Color print

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

• MG 219 bistre 15.9% of canvas
• MG 220 warm black 6.5% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 6.5% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 4.9% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 4.0% of canvas
• MG 185 dark golden umber 3.8% of canvas
• MG 184 umber 3.5% of canvas
• MG 186 dark umber 3.3% of canvas
• MG 169 dark brown 3.0% of canvas
• MG 217 iron 2.7% of canvas
• MG 194 dark golden olive 2.7% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 2.7% of canvas
• MG 170 very dark brown 2.3% of canvas
• MG 195 dark olive 2.3% of canvas
• MG 157 very dark reddish brown 2.2% of canvas
• MG 183 golden umber 2.2% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.38

Contrast

0.53

Vividness

0.031

Warmth

+1.00

Complexity

187 cells

Hue range

0.34

Focus

0.15

Works

• Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864
• Jason, 1865
• Salomé Dancing before Herod, 1876