The Wreck

Private Collection

Gleaming Tawny
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
The Wreck by Henri-Edmond Cross

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
70.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
7.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#B7A8B2 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 343°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 70.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 70.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Wreck" (1899) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Dusty Pink. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #332D6A pulls the eye.

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