Death of Sardanapalus

Louvre, Paris, France, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, US · 392 x 496 cm

Dusky Crepuscule
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
Death of Sardanapalus by Eugene Delacroix

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#72584C orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 53°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Death of Sardanapalus" (1827) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Mauve. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #F6E4A4 pulls the eye.

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