The road

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France · 65 x 50 cm

Brooding Schist
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
The road by Andre Derain

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#5D6051 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 105°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The road" (1932) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E6B749 pulls the eye.

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