Melancholy
Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
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light dark
0
100
48.9
vivid muted
0
100
19.2
warm cool
-30
0
+50
-2.8
Distribution
avg L 48.9
darklight
avg C 19.2
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 48.9 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"Melancholy" (1892) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Blue. One color carries 97% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #CD9C8D pulls the eye.
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