The Brook

Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), Cleveland, OH, US · 59.2 x 81 cm

Brooding Lichen
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Lichen Muted gray-green - the color of lichen on stone, ancient and desaturated.
The Brook by Paul Cezanne

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
43.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
17.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-4.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#5B6A58 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 137°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 43.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 17.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 43.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Brook" (1898) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Sage and Cool Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #B79C5D pulls the eye.

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