The Angelus

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 55.5 x 66 cm

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.
The Angelus by Jean-Francois Millet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
30.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#4D4635 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 89°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 30.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 30.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Angelus" (1858) reads as a deep, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Yellow. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C3BE93 pulls the eye.

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