The Dead Toreador

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US · 76 x 153.3 cm

Lustrous Stone
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
The Dead Toreador by Edouard Manet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
19.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#7C5559 red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 15°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Dead Toreador" (1864) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Warm Grey and Red. One color carries 33% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #F8CA85 pulls the eye.

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