Joy of Life

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), New York City, NY, US · 122.9 x 205.7 cm

Dusky Gamboge
Dusky Twilight register - warm mid-darks, the palette of dusk and fading light.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Joy of Life by Suzanne Valadon

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
32.7
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
14.1
cool
Dominant Hue
#675A27 yellow

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 93°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 32.7
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Joy of Life" (1911) reads as a shadowed, rich-saturation warm palette built around Yellow and Amber. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #9E721B pulls the eye.

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