Pleiades

Private Collection · 25 x 18 cm

Lustrous Slate
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Pleiades by Max Ernst

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
53.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-8.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#6D8391 blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 250°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 53.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 53.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Pleiades" (1920) reads as a mid, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #58564C pulls the eye.

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