L'etoile lost

Private Collection · 95 x 195.5 cm

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
L'etoile lost by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
44.1
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
6.2
cool
Dominant Hue
#726279 purple

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 318°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 44.1
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 44.1 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"L'etoile lost" (1884) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation cool palette built around Mauve and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #D8BDBA pulls the eye.

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