Galatea

Private Collection · 85.5 x 66 cm

Smoldering Tawny
Smoldering Suppressed heat in dark register - low-key with a warm undertone, ember-like.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Galatea by Gustave Moreau

Color Palette

✦ Edit in generator

Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
21.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
10.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#3E2F1E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 74°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 21.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 21.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Galatea" (1880) reads as a deep, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Cream. One color carries 37% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #794519 pulls the eye.

Example use cases

Subject Tags

Build a palette inspired by Galatea
Open in generator with 10 colors pre-loaded

I Love This!

Use This Palette
Copy, export, or download for your project
Copy:
Download:
Share:

Artworks with a similar color profile

Nearest neighbours by brightness, saturation, warmth and hue across the full corpus.

More by Gustave Moreau

More from Symbolism

← Browse all artworks