The Railway Cutting

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany · 80 x 129 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 Railway Cutting by Paul Cezanne

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
50.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
23.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#77786F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 91°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 50.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 23.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 50.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Railway Cutting" (1870) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Blue and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #A4662F pulls the eye.

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