The Source among the Rocks of the Doubs

Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon, Besançon, France

Lustrous Teal
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Teal Blue-green - the color of teal duck plumage, cool and saturated.
The Source among the Rocks of the Doubs by Gustave Courbet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
47.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#7D6E61 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 67°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 47.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 47.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Source among the Rocks of the Doubs" (1871) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Teal. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #D6B055 pulls the eye.

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