Impressionism · 1841–1919 · French

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Across 5 works, the colors are mostly brown (45%), gray (22%) and blue (12%). On average the canvases are light, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: muted blue, light reddish tan, cool grey, reddish brown and pale reddish tan.

Color print

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

• MG 216 dark grey 4.7% of canvas
• MG 183 golden umber 4.1% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 4.0% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 3.9% of canvas
• MG 209 cool grey 3.8% of canvas
• MG 182 golden umber 3.6% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 3.5% of canvas
• MG 215 grey 3.5% of canvas
• MG 172 oatmeal 3.5% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 3.5% of canvas
• MG 210 slate 3.3% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 3.2% of canvas
• MG 097 muted blue 3.0% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 2.9% of canvas
• MG 192 golden olive 2.6% of canvas
• MG 214 pewter 2.5% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.57

Contrast

0.48

Vividness

0.040

Warmth

+0.47

Complexity

197 cells

Hue range

0.56

Focus

0.03

Composition

Averaged over 5 works: 51% of the visual weight in the right half, 51% in the upper half; symmetry 0.31; 7% calm space; half of the detail in 37% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876
• The Umbrellas, c. 1881
• The Great Bathers, 1884
• Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880s
• Girls at the Piano, 1892