The Bathers

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 115 x 155 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.
The Bathers by Gustave Courbet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
35.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
20.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#5B5031 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 89°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 35.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 20.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 35.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Bathers" (1853) reads as a shadowed, rich-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 #E5DDC4 pulls the eye.

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