The Artist Sculpting Tanagra

Dahesh Museum of Art, New York City, NY, US

Dusky Schist
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
The Artist Sculpting Tanagra by Jean-Leon Gerome

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
34.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#575045 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 79°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 34.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 34.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Artist Sculpting Tanagra" (1890) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Cool Grey. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #7D501C pulls the eye.

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