Post-Impressionism · 1884
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884) by Georges Seurat. Its palette is led by graphite (#384442, 17%) and light lime yellow (#c1b665, 15%), with accents of muted azure blue, pale grey, muted lime green and reddish brown. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Among Seurat's dots is zinc yellow, which has darkened toward brown. He added the painted border of dots a few years after finishing the picture.
Palette
- #384442 MG 218 graphite 17.2% of canvas
- #c1b665 MG 043 light lime yellow 15.5% of canvas
- #435a4b MG 058 muted green 13.9% of canvas
- #504c5c MG 210 slate 13.7% of canvas
- #838097 MG 095 muted azure blue 12.6% of canvas
- #bbc4c8 MG 212 pale grey 11.3% of canvas
- #6d824e MG 057 muted lime green 9.5% of canvas
- #ac7864 MG 152 reddish brown 6.5% of canvas
Color families
Gray 30%, Green 17%, Yellow 15%, Brown 14%, Blue 14%
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Details
More by Georges Seurat
- Bathers at Asnières, 1884
- The Models, 1886
- The Circus, 1891