The head of Monte Sorrento

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
The head of Monte Sorrento by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#61636B gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 289°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The head of Monte Sorrento" (1881) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Slate and Blue. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #51241D pulls the eye.

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