The Dead Christ with Angels

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), New York City, NY, US · 179.4 x 149.9 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
The Dead Christ with Angels by Edouard Manet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
32.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#564A43 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 61°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 32.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 32.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Dead Christ with Angels" (1864) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Amber. One color carries 41% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #ECDFBD pulls the eye.

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