The Painter and his Family

Tate Modern, London, UK

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.
The Painter and his Family by Andre Derain

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
27.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#43403A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 75°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 27.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 27.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Painter and his Family" (1939) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Amber. One color carries 48% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #DB9044 pulls the eye.

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