Icarus
Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Color Palette
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light dark
0
100
25.3
vivid muted
0
100
70.3
warm cool
-30
0
+50
10.2
Distribution
avg L 25.3
darklight
avg C 70.3
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 25.3 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"Icarus" (1943) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Yellow. One color carries 97% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #F3C712 pulls the eye.
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