The Lake in the Bois de Boulogne

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Brooding Crepuscule
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
The Lake in the Bois de Boulogne by Felix Vallotton

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
23.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#42343B gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 357°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 23.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 23.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Lake in the Bois de Boulogne" (1921) reads as a deep, mid-saturation cool palette built around Mauve and Purple. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C28F27 pulls the eye.

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