Gaspard Meyer or The Man in the Red Waistcoat

Louvre, Paris, France · 116 x 89.5 cm

Tenebrous Crepuscule
Tenebrous Dark and murky - low-key values with obscured form, Baroque in temperament.
Crepuscule Twilight purple-gray - the color of the sky in the minutes after sunset.
Gaspard Meyer or The Man in the Red Waistcoat by Jacques-Louis David

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
19.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#362B26 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 53°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 19.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 19.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Gaspard Meyer or The Man in the Red Waistcoat" (1795) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Mauve and Beige. One color carries 38% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #CFB591 pulls the eye.

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