Portrait of Edmond Maitre (The Reader)

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Dusky Heather
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
Portrait of Edmond Maitre (The Reader) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
33.2
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#544E3C yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 90°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 33.2
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 33.2 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Portrait of Edmond Maitre (The Reader)" (1871) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Dusty Pink and Yellow. One color carries 31% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #C2C17B pulls the eye.

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