The Stone Breaker

unknown · 16.7 x 26 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
The Stone Breaker by Georges Seurat

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
15.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#816B4F orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 76°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Stone Breaker" (1882) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Beige. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C8A45E pulls the eye.

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