Paul Signac at the Helm of Olympia
Brooding Basalt
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Basalt Dark blue-gray - the color of volcanic rock, cool and dense.
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light dark
0
100
37.2
vivid muted
0
100
20.9
warm cool
-30
0
+50
3.0
Distribution
avg L 37.2
darklight
avg C 20.9
grayvivid
Brightness Heartbeat
Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.
avg L 37.2 L = 0 L = 100
Palette Analysis
"Paul Signac at the Helm of Olympia" (1896) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation cool palette built around Blue and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #916158 pulls the eye.
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