Romanticism · 1791–1824 · French

Théodore Géricault

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (41%), black (41%) and gray (14%). On average the canvases are dark, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: charcoal, blue black, bistre, rich olive and dark umber.

Color print

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

• MG 222 charcoal 16.9% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 11.3% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 7.8% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 7.7% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 5.6% of canvas
• MG 185 dark golden umber 3.4% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 2.8% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 2.8% of canvas
• MG 186 dark umber 2.7% of canvas
• MG 211 dark slate 2.6% of canvas
• MG 195 dark olive 2.4% of canvas
• MG 194 dark golden olive 2.3% of canvas
• MG 217 iron 2.0% of canvas
• MG 216 dark grey 2.0% of canvas
• MG 156 dark reddish brown 1.8% of canvas
• MG 169 dark brown 1.7% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.36

Contrast

0.45

Vividness

0.024

Warmth

+0.95

Complexity

121 cells

Hue range

0.30

Focus

0.24

Works

• The Raft of the Medusa, 1819
• The 1821 Derby at Epsom, 1821
• Portrait of a Kleptomaniac, 1820s