Setting Sun. Sardine Fishing. Adagio

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US · 65 x 81 cm

Gleaming Flaxen
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Flaxen Pale golden yellow - the color of dried flax or blonde hair in sunlight.
Setting Sun. Sardine Fishing. Adagio by Paul Signac

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
81.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#CDCCBA gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 100°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 81.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 81.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Setting Sun. Sardine Fishing. Adagio" (1891) reads as a high-key, mid-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #617090 pulls the eye.

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