Pegasus and the Hydra

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Dusky Laterite
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Laterite Deep iron-red - the color of tropical laterite soil, oxidized and earthy.
Pegasus and the Hydra by Odilon Redon

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
41.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
52.5
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
50.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#9B4A23 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 51°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 41.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 52.5
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 41.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Pegasus and the Hydra" (1907) reads as a shadowed, vivid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #48592D pulls the eye.

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