Sunset on Lake Geneva from the Caux

Private Collection · 60 x 80 cm

Gleaming Gamboge
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Sunset on Lake Geneva from the Caux by Ferdinand Hodler

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
72.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
33.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
13.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#C1AE8B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 83°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 72.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 33.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 72.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sunset on Lake Geneva from the Caux" (1917) reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #344146 pulls the eye.

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