The Red Buoy, Saint Tropez

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France · 65 x 81 cm

Lustrous Teal
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Teal Blue-green - the color of teal duck plumage, cool and saturated.
The Red Buoy, Saint Tropez by Paul Signac

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
62.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#A39584 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 75°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 62.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 62.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Red Buoy, Saint Tropez" (1895) reads as a mid, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #953B2B pulls the eye.

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