The Dance Lesson

65 x 56 cm

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.
The Dance Lesson by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
18.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#836255 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 48°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Dance Lesson" (1879) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #86331F pulls the eye.

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