Gustave Moreau

Musée National Gustave Moreau, Paris, France · 40 x 27 cm

Sepulchral Basalt
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Gustave Moreau by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
12.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
3.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#1B1B20 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 296°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 12.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 3.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 12.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Gustave Moreau" (1868) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Blue. One color carries 33% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #D8D1D0 pulls the eye.

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