Sorrow

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, France

Dusky Heather
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
Sorrow by Émile Friant

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
21.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#403131 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 18°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 21.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 21.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sorrow" (1898) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Dusty Pink and Red. One color carries 47% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #ECECE9 pulls the eye.

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