The Parade (Racehorses in Front of the Stands)

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Gleaming Stone
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
The Parade (Racehorses in Front of the Stands) by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
67.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#B6A08F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 65°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 67.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 67.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Parade (Racehorses in Front of the Stands)" (1866) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #301E21 pulls the eye.

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