The Demolisher

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, France

Lustrous Calico
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
The Demolisher by Paul Signac

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
60.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#8C929D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 289°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 60.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 60.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Demolisher" (1896) reads as a mid, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Sage. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #2C6783 pulls the eye.

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