Self-Portrait

National Gallery in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic · 23 x 15.7 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Self-Portrait by Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
9.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#6D605A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 52°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 9.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Self-Portrait" reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #2E1D11 pulls the eye.

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