The Masked Ball at the Opera

59.1 x 72.5 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.
The Masked Ball at the Opera by Edouard Manet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
37.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#665447 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 62°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 37.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 37.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Masked Ball at the Opera" (1873) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Red. One color carries 74% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #9E4B19 pulls the eye.

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