Salome dancing before Herod

Musée National Gustave Moreau, Paris, France · 61 x 92 cm

Smoldering Laterite
Smoldering Suppressed heat in dark register - low-key with a warm undertone, ember-like.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Salome dancing before Herod by Gustave Moreau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
20.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
26.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#4F2618 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 45°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 20.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 20.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Salome dancing before Herod" (1876) reads as a deep, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #CDA55B pulls the eye.

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