Madame Gautreau

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Dusky Tawny
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Madame Gautreau by Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
27.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
7.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#433E35 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 87°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 27.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 7.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 27.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Madame Gautreau" (1891) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Amber. One color carries 39% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #F0E0BF pulls the eye.

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