Summer's Day

Summer's Day (1879) by Berthe Morisot. Its palette is led by light grey (#adb3ab, 27%) and grey (#768681, 23%), with accents of muted blue, amber, very dark muted blue and dark amber brown. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and balanced between warm and cool.

Color reading

Gray, green and brown cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, muted lime green #6F9B6E, takes up 10% of it.

Palette

#adb3ab MG 213 light grey 26.7% of canvas
#768681 MG 215 grey 23.0% of canvas
#90ad86 MG 055 light muted green 12.7% of canvas
#425b77 MG 097 muted blue 12.0% of canvas
#6f9b6e MG 056 muted lime green 9.9% of canvas
#9a7d58 MG 034 amber 8.5% of canvas
#1a1a3f MG 100 very dark muted blue 4.3% of canvas
#563820 MG 168 dark amber brown 2.9% of canvas

Color families

Gray 28%, Green 22%, Brown 21%, Blue 20%, Yellow 4%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.63
Contrast: 0.47
Vividness: 0.045
Warmth: -0.18
Complexity: 193 cells
Hue range: 0.81
Focus: 0.00

Composition

56% of the visual weight is in the left half, 50% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.60 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 3% 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: 1879
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 45.7 × 75.2 cm
Genre: Impressionism
Collection: National Gallery, London

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