The Golden Cell

British Museum, London, UK · 30.1 x 24.7 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.
The Golden Cell by Odilon Redon

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
40.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
34.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.0
cool
Dominant Hue
#585D7F blue

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 304°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 40.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 34.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 40.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Golden Cell" (1892) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Beige. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #D9DAD6 pulls the eye.

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