The Valley of the Loue in Stormy Weather

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Dusky Schist
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
The Valley of the Loue in Stormy Weather by Gustave Courbet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
27.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
10.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#4B3F3A gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 50°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 27.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 10.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 27.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Valley of the Loue in Stormy Weather" (1849) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Dusty Pink and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #886533 pulls the eye.

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