Study for The Liver is the Cock's Comb

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA, US

Gleaming Apricot
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Apricot Soft warm orange - peach-adjacent, the color of ripe stone fruit.
Study for The Liver is the Cock's Comb by Arshile Gorky

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
77.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
12.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#D0BB9B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 82°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 77.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 77.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Study for The Liver is the Cock's Comb" (1943) reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. One color carries 34% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #2B2F50 pulls the eye.

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