The Boat (Virgin with Corona)

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands · 44.2 x 28 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.
The Boat (Virgin with Corona) by Odilon Redon

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-12.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#42647C blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 258°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Boat (Virgin with Corona)" (1897) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Sage. One color carries 36% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #B4A0A3 pulls the eye.

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