Venus

Soft Mellow
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Venus by Alexandre Cabanel

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
61.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#9E9380 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 84°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 61.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 61.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Venus" (1875) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Red. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #663A34 pulls the eye.

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