The Temptation of St. Anthony

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 47 x 56 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 Temptation of St. Anthony by Paul Cezanne

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
35.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-1.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#4F5451 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 143°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 35.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 35.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Temptation of St. Anthony" (1877) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Sage and Cream. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #586FA9 pulls the eye.

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