Racehorses before the Stands

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Racehorses before the Stands by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
74.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
31.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#C5B581 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 92°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 74.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 31.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 74.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Racehorses before the Stands" (1872) reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #3F2D19 pulls the eye.

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