Despair

Dusky Sienna
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Sienna Warm red-brown earth - named after the Sienese pigment, a fundamental artist earth color.
Despair by Ivan Milev

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
15.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#6E604E orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 79°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 15.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Despair" (1923) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #784625 pulls the eye.

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