Morpheus and Iris

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia · 251 x 178 cm

Dusky Basalt
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
Morpheus and Iris by Pierre-Narcisse Guerin

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
16.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.4
cool
Dominant Hue
#665847 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 77°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 16.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Morpheus and Iris" (1811) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Amber and Cream. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #E4CBA2 pulls the eye.

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