The Duc d'Orleans Showing his Mistress to the Duc de Bourgogne

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
The Duc d'Orleans Showing his Mistress to the Duc de Bourgogne by Eugene Delacroix

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
25.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#413B35 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 72°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 25.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 25.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Duc d'Orleans Showing his Mistress to the Duc de Bourgogne" (1825) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. One color carries 70% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #986043 pulls the eye.

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