Post-Impressionism · 1891
The Circus

The Circus (1891) by Georges Seurat. Its palette is led by light sand (#b79e71, 21%) and oatmeal (#a69f96, 18%), with accents of pale muted golden cream, scarlet, very dark muted blue and dark muted azure blue. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Palette
- #b79e71 MG 181 light sand 21.4% of canvas
- #a69f96 MG 172 oatmeal 18.3% of canvas
- #98886f MG 182 golden umber 17.5% of canvas
- #e8e6df MG 206 silver 14.5% of canvas
- #e6d59d MG 203 pale muted golden cream 11.8% of canvas
- #a4653a MG 024 scarlet 7.3% of canvas
- #1e253b MG 100 very dark muted blue 5.8% of canvas
- #3d4363 MG 098 dark muted azure blue 3.3% of canvas
Color families
Brown 44%, Gray 18%, White 15%, Yellow 12%, Blue 6%