Lighthouse at Groix

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), New York City, NY, US

Gleaming Tawny
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
Lighthouse at Groix by Paul Signac

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
66.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
25.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#B59D87 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 66°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 66.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 25.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 66.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Lighthouse at Groix" (1925) reads as a lit, rich-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Red. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #27555A pulls the eye.

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