The White Slave

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
The White Slave by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#756967 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 40°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The White Slave" (1888) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #EDD7B5 pulls the eye.

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