Young Spartans Exercising

National Gallery, London, UK · 109.2 x 154.3 cm

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Young Spartans Exercising by Edgar Degas

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
83.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
39.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#CED78C yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 111°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 83.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 39.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 83.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Young Spartans Exercising" (1860) reads as a lit, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Green. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #EAFCD1 pulls the eye.

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