The Nurse

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Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
The Nurse by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
36.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
33.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
28.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#764C2A orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 64°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 36.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 33.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 36.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Nurse" (1872) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #AE721F pulls the eye.

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