Gentlemen Jockeys before the Start

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 48.5 x 61.5 cm

Lustrous Calico
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
Gentlemen Jockeys before the Start by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#7B6A50 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 81°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Gentlemen Jockeys before the Start" (1862) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #9D4A29 pulls the eye.

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