Laundresses Carrying Linen in Town

Private Collection · 46 x 61 cm

Lustrous Tawny
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Laundresses Carrying Linen in Town by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
48.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
34.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
22.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#8C6E40 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 78°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 48.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 34.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 48.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Laundresses Carrying Linen in Town" (1878) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #E2B53B pulls the eye.

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