At the Races - Before the Start

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, US

Dusky Lichen
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
At the Races - Before the Start by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#645D41 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 96°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"At the Races - Before the Start" (1885) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Green and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #8F3C2D pulls the eye.

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