Jacob receiving Joseph's bloody coat

110.5 x 144 cm

Brooding Schist
Brooding Low-key and emotionally weighted - dark values with a sense of psychological depth.
Schist Layered dark gray - the color of metamorphic schist rock, cool and mineral.
Jacob receiving Joseph's bloody coat by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
38.4
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.6
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
0.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#595C4D gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 113°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 38.4
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.6
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 38.4 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Jacob receiving Joseph's bloody coat" (1845) reads as a shadowed, mid-saturation balanced palette built around Cool Grey and Amber. One color carries 34% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #BA9E71 pulls the eye.

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