Dancers at the Barre (study)

British Museum, London, UK

Lustrous Sage
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Dancers at the Barre (study) by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
53.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
29.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#818450 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 109°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 53.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 29.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 53.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Dancers at the Barre (study)" (1876) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Sage. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #201309 pulls the eye.

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