The Adoration of the Magi

Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain · 138 x 72 cm

Lustrous Sage
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
The Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
58.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
12.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#9A8B6D orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 84°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 58.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 58.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Adoration of the Magi" (1475) reads as a mid, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Green. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #4A6167 pulls the eye.

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