Realism · 1836–1910 · American

Winslow Homer

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly gray (44%), brown (31%) and black (18%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, muted and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: light grey, pale slate, iron, slate and pale grey.

Color print

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

• MG 213 light grey 10.4% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 8.9% of canvas
• MG 217 iron 7.2% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 6.2% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 5.5% of canvas
• MG 207 pale slate 4.7% of canvas
• MG 212 pale grey 4.2% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 3.8% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 3.4% of canvas
• MG 210 slate 3.2% of canvas
• MG 216 dark grey 3.2% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 3.1% of canvas
• MG 211 dark slate 3.0% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 2.7% of canvas
• MG 209 cool grey 2.5% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 2.5% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.52

Contrast

0.62

Vividness

0.018

Warmth

+0.58

Complexity

137 cells

Hue range

0.45

Focus

0.12

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 52% of the visual weight in the right half, 58% in the upper half; symmetry 0.32; 32% calm space; half of the detail in 27% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• The Fog Warning, 1885
• Fox Hunt, 1893
• The Gulf Stream, 1899