The Great Boulevards

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, US

Soft Calico
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Calico Warm speckled neutral - the color of unbleached cotton, mottled and soft.
The Great Boulevards by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
55.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#88847B gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 83°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 55.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 55.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Great Boulevards" (1875) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #4A5480 pulls the eye.

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