Adam and Eve

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain · 148 x 67 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Adam and Eve by Hans Baldung

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
45.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#78685B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 68°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 45.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 45.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Adam and Eve" (1531) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Slate. One color carries 36% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #CFAA87 pulls the eye.

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