Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1885–1941 · French

Robert Delaunay

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (35%), white (10%) and yellow (9%). On average the canvases are light, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: pale green, light green, bone, dark red and pale sand.

Color print

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

• MG 171 bone 14.3% of canvas
• MG 180 pale sand 6.1% of canvas
• MG 172 oatmeal 5.0% of canvas
• MG 202 pale muted golden cream 4.3% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 4.2% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 3.8% of canvas
• MG 201 parchment 3.6% of canvas
• MG 205 white 3.5% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 3.3% of canvas
• MG 020 dark red 2.7% of canvas
• MG 181 light sand 2.5% of canvas
• MG 212 pale grey 2.3% of canvas
• MG 036 pale gold 2.3% of canvas
• MG 146 very dark sienna 2.1% of canvas
• MG 030 orange 2.1% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 2.0% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.64

Contrast

0.62

Vividness

0.057

Warmth

+0.69

Complexity

214 cells

Hue range

0.71

Focus

0.10

Works

• Still Life with a Parrot, 1907
• Champs de Mars, the Red Tower, c. 1911
• Rhythms, 1934