Study for 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 15.5 x 25 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.
Study for 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' by Georges Seurat

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
8.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#6D634E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 86°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Study for 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'" (1884) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #B3B2B7 pulls the eye.

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