Little Yellow Horses

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany · 66 x 104 cm

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Little Yellow Horses by Franz Marc

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
37.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
21.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#7E6346 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 69°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 37.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Little Yellow Horses" (1912) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Sage. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #2F314E pulls the eye.

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