The Beacon

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

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.
The Beacon by Odilon Redon

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
28.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-2.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#495C6F blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 284°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 28.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Beacon" (1883) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C9A057 pulls the eye.

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