The Thoroughbred

45 x 53 cm

Soft Sage
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Sage Muted gray-green - the color of dried sage leaf, low-chroma and herbal.
The Thoroughbred by Raoul Dufy

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
53.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
23.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
4.7
cool
Dominant Hue
#848261 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 104°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 53.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 23.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 53.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Thoroughbred" (1940) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Beige. Color weight is spread without a single dominant note. A low-prevalence accent at #C35E31 pulls the eye.

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