Rococo · 1699–1779 · French

Jean Siméon Chardin

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (64%), black (22%) and gray (11%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: dark taupe, taupe, bistre, dark golden olive and stone.

Color print

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

• MG 177 dark taupe 16.6% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 12.9% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 12.8% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 5.9% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 5.0% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 4.1% of canvas
• MG 220 warm black 4.0% of canvas
• MG 194 dark golden olive 3.7% of canvas
• MG 169 dark brown 3.1% of canvas
• MG 168 dark amber brown 2.8% of canvas
• MG 184 umber 2.3% of canvas
• MG 167 brown 2.1% of canvas
• MG 185 dark golden umber 2.0% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 1.9% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 1.8% of canvas
• MG 217 iron 1.7% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.40

Contrast

0.48

Vividness

0.023

Warmth

+1.00

Complexity

117 cells

Hue range

0.36

Focus

0.12

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 52% of the visual weight in the right half, 55% in the lower half; symmetry 0.47; 45% calm space; half of the detail in 23% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• The Ray, 1727
• Le Buffet, 1728
• Boy with a Spinning-Top, 1738