Beach at Gravelines

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK · 16 x 24.5 cm

Gleaming Tawny
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Beach at Gravelines by Georges Seurat

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
69.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
27.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#BCA785 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 81°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 69.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 27.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 69.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Beach at Gravelines" (1890) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Cream. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #273065 pulls the eye.

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