Pope Formosus and Stephen VI - The Cadaver Synod

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France

Dusky Stone
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Stone Neutral warm gray - the color of uncut limestone or granite, balanced and earthy.
Pope Formosus and Stephen VI - The Cadaver Synod by Jean-Paul Laurens

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
23.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#6C4536 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 48°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Pope Formosus and Stephen VI - The Cadaver Synod" (1870) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #F2DCA3 pulls the eye.

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