The Return of the Boating Party

Private Collection · 50.8 x 61.6 cm

Dusky Tawny
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Tawny Warm orange-brown - a traditional term for the color of tanned leather or lion fur.
The Return of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
42.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.2
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#6A6251 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 86°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 42.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.2
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 42.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Return of the Boating Party" (1862) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Cream and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #2E364A pulls the eye.

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