Portrait of Madame Ernest May
Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Color Palette
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light dark
0
100
40.8
vivid muted
0
100
16.5
warm cool
-30
0
+50
11.7
Distribution
avg L 40.8
darklight
avg C 16.5
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 40.8 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"Portrait of Madame Ernest May" (1881) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #536385 pulls the eye.
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