Bal du moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841–1919

Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Its palette is led by blue black (#10161e, 25%) and dark slate (#183646, 15%), with accents of muted azure teal, golden olive, olive and bone. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and balanced between warm and cool.

Color reading

Brown, black and blue cover about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, golden olive #82773E, takes up 12% of it.

Palette

#10161e MG 221 blue black 25.4% of canvas
#183646 MG 211 dark slate 14.5% of canvas
#788f8f MG 081 muted azure teal 14.5% of canvas
#82773e MG 192 golden olive 11.8% of canvas
#46582d MG 046 olive 9.7% of canvas
#45646c MG 083 muted teal 9.2% of canvas
#d8c8ae MG 171 bone 7.8% of canvas
#274c5a MG 084 dark muted azure teal 7.0% of canvas

Color families

Brown 26%, Black 22%, Blue 20%, Gray 15%, Green 11%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.43
Contrast: 0.62
Vividness: 0.037
Warmth: +0.21
Complexity: 256 cells
Hue range: 0.78
Focus: 0.00

Composition

55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 54% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.71 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 1% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 39% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1876
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 131.0 × 175.0 cm
Genre: genre art
Made in: France
Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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