Scene of War in the Middle Ages

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 85 x 147 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Scene of War in the Middle Ages by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#766653 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 74°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Scene of War in the Middle Ages" (1865) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C4C6C7 pulls the eye.

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