Circus Sideshow

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), New York City, NY, US · 100 x 155.5 cm

Dusky Stone
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Circus Sideshow by Georges Seurat

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
35.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
19.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#6C4A3E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 45°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 35.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 35.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Circus Sideshow" (1887) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D0A36D pulls the eye.

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