Portrait of a lady with a black fichu

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US · 61.3 x 50.7 cm

Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
Portrait of a lady with a black fichu by Edouard Manet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
58.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#88906E lime

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 117°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 58.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 58.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of a lady with a black fichu" (1878) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Cream. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C1A17D pulls the eye.

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