Head of a Young Woman

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 27 x 22 cm

Dusky Gamboge
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Head of a Young Woman by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
15.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#715B3A orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 79°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Head of a Young Woman" (1867) 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 #E1B65F pulls the eye.

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