Sea at L'Estaque

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Sea at L'Estaque by Paul Cezanne

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
37.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#595A48 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 103°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 37.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 37.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sea at L'Estaque" (1885) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Slate. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #3E444A pulls the eye.

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