Surrealism · 1893–1983 · Spanish

Joan Miró

Across 4 works, the colors are mostly brown (44%), blue (27%) and gray (10%). On average the canvases are light, vivid and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: light teal azure, pale scarlet, light azure, rich scarlet brown and light muted blue.

Color print

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

• MG 161 rich scarlet brown 12.5% of canvas
• MG 094 light muted blue 8.0% of canvas
• MG 087 light teal azure 6.5% of canvas
• MG 088 light azure 6.0% of canvas
• MG 162 rich scarlet brown 5.3% of canvas
• MG 021 pale scarlet 4.8% of canvas
• MG 172 oatmeal 3.5% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 3.4% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 3.4% of canvas
• MG 019 scarlet red 2.9% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 2.7% of canvas
• MG 080 light muted aqua 2.6% of canvas
• MG 097 muted blue 2.4% of canvas
• MG 212 pale grey 2.1% of canvas
• MG 079 pale muted aqua 2.1% of canvas
• MG 148 dark rich sienna 2.1% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.60

Contrast

0.44

Vividness

0.062

Warmth

+0.46

Complexity

164 cells

Hue range

0.28

Focus

0.03

Works

• Portrait of Joaneta Obrador, 1918
• The Policeman, 1925
• Painting (The Circus Horse), 1927
• Painting (Figures with Stars), 1933