Ballet at the Paris Opera

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Ballet at the Paris Opera by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#736346 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 84°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Ballet at the Paris Opera" (1877) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #6E6D81 pulls the eye.

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