Portrait of Rene De Gas

Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA), Northampton, MA, US

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.
Portrait of Rene De Gas by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
8.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
4.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#1D1513 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 48°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 8.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 4.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 8.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of Rene De Gas" (1855) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. One color carries 95% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #261817 pulls the eye.

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