Music in the Tuileries

Music in the Tuileries (1862) by Édouard Manet. Its palette is led by very dark muted green (#1b2111, 43%) and dark golden olive (#444426, 26%), with accents of light golden sand and light grey. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color note

Manet flattened modelling into bold lights and darks and treated black as a color in its own right, as in Olympia and The Balcony.

Palette

#1b2111 MG 061 very dark muted green 42.7% of canvas
#444426 MG 194 dark golden olive 25.6% of canvas
#797356 MG 192 golden olive 14.7% of canvas
#ada17c MG 190 light golden sand 9.0% of canvas
#f4df9f MG 203 pale muted golden cream 5.9% of canvas
#a2b1bf MG 213 light grey 2.1% of canvas

Color families

Brown 41%, Black 24%, Green 19%, Gray 6%, Yellow 5%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.41
Contrast: 0.66
Vividness: 0.034
Warmth: +0.91
Complexity: 202 cells
Hue range: 0.51
Focus: 0.05

Composition

54% of the visual weight is in the left half, 69% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.30 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 5% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 32% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1862
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 76.2 × 118.1 cm
Genre: genre art
Collection: National Gallery, London

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