Boy in a Red Vest

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.
Boy in a Red Vest by Paul Cezanne

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#514D49 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 72°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Boy in a Red Vest" (1890) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Beige. One color carries 33% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #ECBA75 pulls the eye.

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