Melancholy of a Beautiful Day

Lustrous Mellow
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Mellow Soft warm yellow - gentle, low-chroma, the color of aged paper or afternoon light.
Melancholy of a Beautiful Day by Giorgio de Chirico

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
57.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
26.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#93895C yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 97°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 57.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 26.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 57.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Melancholy of a Beautiful Day" (1913) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #F7F6BD pulls the eye.

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