An Accident

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, US · 90.7 x 130.8 cm

Soft Calico
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
An Accident by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
16.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
8.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#2F2721 black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 67°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 16.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 8.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 16.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"An Accident" (1879) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Beige and Amber. One color carries 98% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #453523 pulls the eye.

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