Jockeys before the Start with Flagpoll

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, UK · 180 x 74 cm

Gleaming Flaxen
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Flaxen Pale golden yellow - the color of dried flax or blonde hair in sunlight.
Jockeys before the Start with Flagpoll by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
79.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#D3C699 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 94°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 79.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 79.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Jockeys before the Start with Flagpoll" (1879) reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #572E1C pulls the eye.

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