Madame Paul Escudier

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, US · 73.2 x 59.5 cm

Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Madame Paul Escudier by John Singer Sargent

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
11.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
4.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#1C1C1D black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 13°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 11.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 4.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 11.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Madame Paul Escudier" (1882) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Beige. One color carries 73% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #E1C897 pulls the eye.

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