Steamboat leaving Boulogne

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US · 74 x 93 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Steamboat leaving Boulogne by Edouard Manet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
62.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-11.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#7D9CA2 teal

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 215°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 62.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 62.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Steamboat leaving Boulogne" (1864) reads as a mid, mid-saturation cool palette built around Cool Grey and Green. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #E9F3DB pulls the eye.

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