Portrait of Princess Pauline de Metternich

National Gallery, London, UK · 40 x 28.8 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.
Portrait of Princess Pauline de Metternich by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
31.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
15.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#796835 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 90°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 31.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of Princess Pauline de Metternich" (1860) reads as a shadowed, 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 #E7C55C pulls the eye.

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