Girls at the Piano

Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841–1919

Girls at the Piano (1892) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Its palette is led by golden umber (#807151, 42%) and putty (#a49375, 23%), with accents of dark sienna. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about nine-tenths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, golden umber #807151, stays close to gray.

Palette

#807151 MG 183 golden umber 41.8% of canvas
#a49375 MG 173 putty 23.4% of canvas
#5c503e MG 176 taupe 19.5% of canvas
#b8ad92 MG 172 oatmeal 11.5% of canvas
#3c2d2b MG 145 dark sienna 3.8% of canvas

Color families

Brown 92%, Yellow 6%, Gray 1%, Black 0%, Green 0%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.57
Contrast: 0.38
Vividness: 0.046
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 121 cells
Hue range: 0.35
Focus: 0.00

Composition

52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.14 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 16% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 36% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1892
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 116.0 × 90.0 cm
Genre: genre art
Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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