Cupid in Flight is Struck by the Beauty of Psyche

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Gleaming Tawny
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Cupid in Flight is Struck by the Beauty of Psyche by Maurice Denis

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
65.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
24.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
15.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#B69B80 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 71°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 65.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 24.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 65.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Cupid in Flight is Struck by the Beauty of Psyche" (1908) reads as a lit, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #8B828D pulls the eye.

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