Rider in a Red Coat

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 43.6 x 27.6 cm

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.
Rider in a Red Coat by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
79.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
44.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
27.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#E8BE77 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 82°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 79.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 44.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 79.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Rider in a Red Coat" (1868) reads as a lit, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #4F3222 pulls the eye.

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