Cotton Merchants in New Orleans

Fogg Museum (Harvard Art Museums), Cambridge, MA, US · 58.7 x 71.8 cm

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Cotton Merchants in New Orleans by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
59.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#A08C6D orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 81°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 59.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 59.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Cotton Merchants in New Orleans" (1873) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #2A1710 pulls the eye.

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