The Evening Angel

Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France · 19 x 23 cm

Lustrous Heather
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
The Evening Angel by Alexandre Cabanel

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#7E6C5A orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 71°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Evening Angel" (1848) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Dusty Pink. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #28203C pulls the eye.

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