Charles IV of Spain and His Family

Charles IV of Spain and His Family (1800) by Francisco Goya. Its palette is led by warm black (#1e130e, 29%) and dark brown (#422e1c, 27%), with accents of light tan, pale gold and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about three-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #9A3C20, takes up just 1% of it.

Palette

#1e130e MG 220 warm black 29.3% of canvas
#422e1c MG 169 dark brown 27.2% of canvas
#694f30 MG 167 brown 19.1% of canvas
#7a6648 MG 175 stone 11.7% of canvas
#bf986a MG 164 light tan 9.3% of canvas
#dec996 MG 036 pale gold 2.0% of canvas
#9a3c20 MG 019 scarlet red 1.4% of canvas

Color families

Brown 60%, Black 31%, Yellow 4%, Orange 3%, Red 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.38
Contrast: 0.53
Vividness: 0.038
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 148 cells
Hue range: 0.30
Focus: 0.13

Composition

62% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.60 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 37% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 25% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1800
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 280.0 × 336.0 cm
Genre: group portrait
Made in: Spain
Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid

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