Three Dancers in Purple Skirts

Philips Collection, Washington, DC, US

Dusky Stone
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Three Dancers in Purple Skirts by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
39.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
12.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#6B5856 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 29°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 39.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 39.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Three Dancers in Purple Skirts" (1895) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #A78441 pulls the eye.

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