The Luncheon on the Grass

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 208 x 264.5 cm

Tenebrous Basalt
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
23.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#3B382F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 94°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 23.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 23.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Luncheon on the Grass" (1863) reads as a deep, whisper-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Warm Grey. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #E9D3AC pulls the eye.

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