Realism · 1844–1916 · American

Thomas Eakins

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (51%), black (39%) and gray (4%). On average the canvases are dark, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: very dark olive, dark olive, soot, dark reddish brown and very dark reddish brown.

Color print

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

• MG 223 soot 13.9% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 11.2% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 9.6% of canvas
• MG 196 very dark olive 7.0% of canvas
• MG 156 dark reddish brown 5.6% of canvas
• MG 195 dark olive 5.6% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 4.7% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 3.5% of canvas
• MG 157 very dark reddish brown 3.2% of canvas
• MG 220 warm black 2.4% of canvas
• MG 194 dark golden olive 2.2% of canvas
• MG 185 dark golden umber 2.1% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 2.0% of canvas
• MG 146 very dark sienna 1.9% of canvas
• MG 148 dark rich sienna 1.7% of canvas
• MG 184 umber 1.6% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.32

Contrast

0.41

Vividness

0.029

Warmth

+1.00

Complexity

119 cells

Hue range

0.34

Focus

0.08

Works

• The Gross Clinic, 1875
• The Chess Players, 1876
• Swimming, 1885