Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1849–1917 · British

John William Waterhouse

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (55%), black (25%) and yellow (6%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: very dark sienna, dark sienna, soot, pale orange amber and black.

Color print

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

• MG 223 soot 10.4% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 10.1% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 7.4% of canvas
• MG 146 very dark sienna 4.8% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 4.3% of canvas
• MG 224 black 3.8% of canvas
• MG 194 dark golden olive 3.8% of canvas
• MG 145 dark sienna 3.7% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 3.6% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 2.9% of canvas
• MG 167 brown 2.9% of canvas
• MG 184 umber 2.7% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 2.6% of canvas
• MG 195 dark olive 2.5% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 2.3% of canvas
• MG 155 dark reddish brown 2.2% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.42

Contrast

0.62

Vividness

0.038

Warmth

+0.99

Complexity

204 cells

Hue range

0.49

Focus

0.11

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 52% of the visual weight in the left half, 60% in the lower half; symmetry 0.31; 7% calm space; half of the detail in 32% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• The Lady of Shalott, 1888
• Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896
• Echo and Narcissus, 1903