Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia · 100.2 x 65.5 cm

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert by Amedeo Modigliani

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
25.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
1.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#3C3B47 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 305°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 25.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 25.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert" (1916) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Mauve. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #E7AB73 pulls the eye.

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