Sailboat at Sainte-Adresse

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US · 89 x 116 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.
Sailboat at Sainte-Adresse by Raoul Dufy

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
29.7
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
19.3
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
12.5
cool
Dominant Hue
#54423D red

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 40°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 29.7
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 19.3
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 29.7 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Sailboat at Sainte-Adresse" (1912) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation warm palette built around Slate and Amber. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #C04321 pulls the eye.

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