The Sailor

Private Collection · 107.4 x 74.5 cm

Sepulchral Basalt
Sepulchral Tomb-like darkness - cold, deep values associated with stillness and finality.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
The Sailor by Paul Cezanne

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
19.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
11.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#2D302C black

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 129°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 19.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 11.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 19.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Sailor" (1906) reads as a deep, muted-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Cool Grey. One color carries 38% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #DE8A38 pulls the eye.

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