Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure)

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US · 140 x 184.5 cm

Dusky Gamboge
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure) by Giorgio de Chirico

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
37.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
21.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#735A21 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 85°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 37.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure)" (1914) reads as a shadowed, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #96B278 pulls the eye.

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