The Sleepers

Petit Palais, Paris, France · 135 x 200 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.
The Sleepers by Gustave Courbet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#6D604E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 77°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Sleepers" (1866) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Warm Grey. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C5AA6B pulls the eye.

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