Leda and the Swan

64 x 80 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Leda and the Swan by Peter Paul Rubens

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
37.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
12.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#60574D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 71°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 37.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 12.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 37.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Leda and the Swan" (1601) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Slate. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #40474C pulls the eye.

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