Playing Catch (also known as Children in a Garden)

Private Collection · 54 x 76.2 cm

Lustrous Gamboge
Lustrous Sheen without harshness - mid-to-high key, silky, with a pearl-like quality.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Playing Catch (also known as Children in a Garden) by Pierre Bonnard

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
51.0
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
21.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
2.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#797B5D yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 109°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 51.0
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 21.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 51.0 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Playing Catch (also known as Children in a Garden)" (1905) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #DFC261 pulls the eye.

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