Excavation at Night
Tenebrous Basalt
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
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light dark
0
100
9.9
vivid muted
0
100
4.0
warm cool
-30
0
+50
-1.3
Distribution
avg L 9.9
darklight
avg C 4.0
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 9.9 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"Excavation at Night" (1908) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Dusty Pink. One color carries 35% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #3A2C1E pulls the eye.
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