Racehorses

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Brooding Crepuscule
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
Racehorses by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
27.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#443F44 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 327°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 27.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 27.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Racehorses" (1895) reads as a deep, whisper-saturation cool palette built around Mauve and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #A1533B pulls the eye.

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